A Syrian man barely escaped a wave of sectarian killings. His brothers did not
This past weekend’s sectarian violence was possibly among the bloodiest 72 hours in the modern history of Syria after 14 ...
Syria's infernal cycle of revenge: 'I don't trust men from my own community'
After the killings targeting the Alawite community, Syrian society is struggling to extricate itself from the crimes of the ...
In Baniyas, Syria, a Sunni man who saved Alawites from a massacre speaks: 'We acted out of simple humanity'
In a district of Baniyas, executions perpetrated against Alawites by Sunni factions caused around 100 deaths. A man in his ...
‘Ethnic cleansing!’ Videos show Syrian government-aligned forces reveling in massacre of minorities in coastal town
A CNN investigation sheds light on the massacre of an Alawite community in al-Sanobar, or Pine village, where ...
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Syria’s Surge in Violence Does Not Signal a New Civil War—for Now
A spate of attacks involving loyalists to former ruler President Bashar al-Assad has spurred concerns of a return to ...
Syria flashes signs of peril and promise in a week of violence and diplomacy
After Syria’s longtime autocratic ruler was toppled late last year, the man who led rebel groups to victory immediately faced ...