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Assad, Syria and Alawite

LA Times on MSN · 7h

Syria’s Alawites, tainted by Assad, endure a fall from grace

Once Syria's most influential minority, Alawites struggle to move on from their association with a hated dictator.

Middle East Institute · 1d

Security in Alawite regions in post-Assad Syria

Syria’s first post-Assad protests broke out on Dec. 25 after a video claiming to show the destruction of an Alawite shrine spread rapidly across Facebook. The video was quickly debunked as several weeks old,

AFP on MSN · 12d

Fear grips Alawites in Syria's Homs as Assad 'remnants' targeted

In Syria's third city Homs, members of ousted president Bashar al-Assad's Alawite community say they are terrified as new authorities comb their districts for "remnants of the regime", arresting hundreds.

Daily Journal · 5h

Syria's economy reborn after being freed from Assad

When Bashar al-Assad ruled Syria, merchants like Youssef Rajab kept much of their imported stock hidden for fear of arrest for breaking the law.

Stars and Stripes · 2h

Syria’s Alawites, tainted by Assad, fear vigilante violence

In the mountains east of Syria’s Mediterranean coast, armed patrols root out Assad loyalists, masked gunmen monitor checkpoints and residents fret every strange face could be an informer. “See those guys over there?

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Syria's new leaders turn to Islamic law in effort to rebuild Assad's police

Syria's new authorities are using Islamic teachings to train a fledgling police force, a move officers say aims to instil a ...

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In Syria's Golan Heights buffer zone, residents fear Israel is making a land grab

After the ouster of Syria's longtime leader Bashar al-Assad last month, Israel's military has taken up a new post in the demilitarized buffer zone created in Syria after the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.

WBUR1h

Secret Assad files show spying, informing, betrayal

Assad's repressive regime in Syria, troves of secret government intelligence files were discovered. They reveal a vast system of citizens spying and informing on each other.

France issues new arrest warrant for Syria’s Assad, source says

French investigating magistrates have issued an arrest warrant against ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad for suspected ...

The Nation on MSN8d

What Does the Future Hold for Syrian Kurds Post-Assad?

NATO ally Turkey has emerged as the dominant state power in a new Syria, and is seeking to press its advantage by bombing and ...

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Commercial flights between Turkey and Syria resume after 13 years

Commercial flights between Turkey and Syria have resumed after 13 years with a Turkish Airlines flight from Istanbul to ...

Al-Monitor on MSN7h

First Turkish Airlines plane lands in Syria in more than a decade

The first Turkish Airlines flight in 13 years landed in the Syrian capital Damascus on Thursday, an AFP correspondent ...

Associated Press8d

UN human rights chief calls for lifting Western sanctions on Syria as country rebuilds after Assad

Ahmad al-Mansour has been living in Syria for years and was among the fighters that toppled Assad’s government. The ...

Syrian refugees in Japan get to work rebuilding their homeland

More than a month has already passed since the collapse of the Assad regime, which ruled Syria with an iron grip for five ...

Al-Monitor3d

Syria phone shops free from Assad-linked monopoly

Syrian phone shop owner Abdel Razzaq Hamra was thrilled to finally be working in peace after years of being harassed and ...

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