Scores killed as Syrian forces seek to crush Alawite insurgency
By Khalil Ashawi, Timour Azhari and Tom Perry DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Syrian security forces battled for a second day on Friday ...
The New York Times8d
More Than 140 Killed in Clashes Between Syrian Forces and Assad Loyalists
Two days of fighting along the Mediterranean coast were among the bloodiest battles since rebels ousted the dictator Bashar al-Assad ... were fighters from one side or the other.
Anadolu Ajansi3d
INTERVIEW - 1,784 Palestinian detainees disappeared in Assad’s prisons: Palestinian ambassador to Syria
Palestinian Ambassador to Syria Samir al-Rifai revealed that 1,784 Palestinian detainees have disappeared in the prisons of Bashar al-Assad’s regime ... “The Syrian side was briefed on the ...
The Gazette7d
More than 1,000 killed in Syrian crackdown on Alawite region, war monitor says
(Reuters) -More than 1,000 people have been killed in two days of clashes between gunmen and security forces linked to Syria's new Islamist rulers and fighters from Bashar al-Assad's Alawite sect ...
Khaleej Times12d
Russia gambles to keep military bases in post-Assad Syria
War planes flew from the complex to bombard Islamist rebels fighting Bashar Al Assad's repressive regime ... said a source familiar with Russia's view on the matter, In December, Putin offered ...