Syria's Alawite community: Once feared, now living in fear?
Syria's ousted dictator Bashar Assad and his family were members of the secretive religious minority, and used the ...
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Christians in Aleppo are celebrating Christmas – but fear for their future
For the first time since the stunning overthrow of Bashar al-Assad two weeks ago, Shoukri, a Christian man in Aleppo, is ...
Syria’s Alawite Minority, Favored by the Assads, Looks Nervously to the Future
Amid an outcry for justice and accountability and threats online, a once-dominant group is feeling deep anxiety after the ...
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Joy and pain in Aleppo as residents ask: What’s next?
A view from the first city taken by the rebels who ousted President Bashar al-Assad, scene of a brutal Russian-backed ...
In war-torn Aleppo, a glimmer of hope appears among the ruins
Amid the devastation of Aleppo's past and present, Syrians reflect on the harrowing legacy of war, the loss of lives, and the ...
In Syria's Aleppo, despite the fall of Assad, residents fear that 'poison' of division will persist
While many people welcome the departure of the tyrant, this does not erase the years of violence during which the regime ...
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Syria’s Aleppo eyes revival amid the enduring scars of war on its heritage
The historic Baron Hotel in Syria’s Aleppo is dilapidated and damaged by years of war but still standing and ready for a ...
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Syria Authorities Say Alawite Shrine Attack Is 'Old', Dates To Takeover Of Aleppo
Syria's new authorities said Wednesday that video footage of ... The footage showing "the storming and attack" of the shrine in Aleppo is "old and dates to the time of the liberation" of the northern ...
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Christians in Aleppo celebrate Christmas at Catholic Church in Syria
As Syria begins to rebuild and normalize after the fall of the Baath regime, Aleppo's Christian community gathered in the ...
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Syria's U.S.-backed Kurdish coalition faces an uncertain future after Assad's ouster
Assad's ouster, there are questions about the fate of the Syrian Democratic Forces, the U.S.-backed Kurdish coalition that ...
Inside a stunning week across Syria following the overthrow of the Assad regime
Bel Trew spent days travelling across Syria – from Aleppo in the north, to the capital Damascus and Deraa in the south – ...
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Christians in Syria mark country’s transformation with tears as UN envoy urges an end to sanctions
In churches across long-stifled Syria, Christians have marked the first Sunday services since Bashar Assad’s ouster in an air ...