Nikolas Farantouris, a member of the European Parliament's Committee on Security and Defense who visited Damascus on March ...

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DAMASCUS – Close to midnight on March 6, as a wave of sectarian killings began in western Syria, masked men stormed the homes ...

By Maya Gebeily, Timour Azhari and Feras Dalatey DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Close to midnight on March 6, as a wave of sectarian ...

Those kidnapped included a retired teacher, an engineering student and a mechanic, all of them Alawite - the minority sect of ...

The euphoria of Syria's new dawn has turned to violence. Alleged massacres of minority Alawites have sent a fresh wave of refugees into neighboring Lebanon.

“Obviously Sharaa doesn’t control the foreign jihadis and does not call all the shots,” said Marwan Muasher, vice president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. “What is clear is that ...

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Terrified and deeply distressed, they followed the tragedy on their phones. Read more Subscribers only Alawites in Syrian town of Baniyas recount horror: 'The survivors are the ones Sunni families ...

Their contorted bodies indicated that they were kneeling during the execution. The ordeal of this family of Alawites – a religious group that broke away from Shia Islam – unfolded in several acts.