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 ...
Syria Violence Marked by Sectarian and Revenge Killings, War Monitor Says
The Syrian Network for Human Rights said armed groups and foreign fighters aligned with the government but not integrated ...
Syria's Druze seek a place in a changing nation, navigating pressures from the government and Israel
Members of the small religious sect find themselves caught between two forces that many of them distrust: the new, ...
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Syria’s minority sects concerned new government won’t protect them
When Sunni rebels toppled Bashar al-Assad last December, they vowed to form an inclusive Syrian government by March. Sunnis comprise around 75 percent of Syria with the remaining 25 percent made up of ...
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A Syrian man barely escaped a wave of sectarian killings. His brothers did not
BEIRUT — The Haydar family huddled in their apartment while gunmen stalked their hometown of Baniyas, hunting for members of Syria’s minority Alawite sect like them. After 24 terrifying hours ...
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Syria’s economy, still strangled by sanctions, is on its knees
The power is on in most neighbourhoods for only an hour or two a day. Syria’s generating capacity has dropped from nine gigawatts in 2010 to less than two today. The power plants that are still ...
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News Wrap: Deadly clashes continue for fourth day in western Syria
In our news wrap Sunday, a fourth day of clashes in western Syria is testing the country’s new leadership, Israel says it’s cutting off the electricity it sends to Gaza, Secret Service officers shot a ...
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Syria sees worst day of violence since ouster of Assad
The government has tried to play down sectarian tensions. A total of 48 people were killed in fighting between Syrian security forces and pro-Assad fighters on Thursday, the Syrian Observatory for ...
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Syria's Christians mark a decade since a horrific IS attack and worry about their future
This month, northeast Syria's remaining Christians will ... “We were living in peace and never expected this dark day to happen in our modern history,” said Elias Antar Elias, a Tel Tal ...
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St. Ephrem
Not much is known about his early life. He was born in the fourth century in Mesopotamia (modern-day Syria). Scholars speculate that he may have been the son of a pagan priest. He was brought to ...
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Syria's Druze seek a place in a changing nation, navigating pressures from the government and Israel
Abu Ali, who is a metal worker as his day job, said most Druze militiamen ... Ottoman and French colonial rule to establish the modern Syrian state. During Syria’s civil war that began in ...