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Syrians Commemorate Uprising Anniversary for First time since Assad's Fall

This is Beirut, 15/03 18:12 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Syrians gathered on Saturday to commemorate the 14th anniversary of their uprising in public demonstrations in Damascus for the first time since president Bashar al-Assad was toppled. The demonstration in Damascus's Umayyad Square is the first in the capital after years of repression under Assad, during which the square was the sole preserve of ...

Syria Announces End to 'Military Operation' After Mass Killings

This is Beirut, 10/03 17:41 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Syria's new authorities announced on Monday the end of an operation against loyalists of deposed president Bashar al-Assad, after more than 1,000 civilians were killed in the worst violence since his overthrow. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said security forces and allied groups had killed 1,068 civilians, the vast majority ...

Syria Forces Beef Up Security Amid Reports of Mass Killings of Alawites

This is Beirut, 08/03 18:20 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Syrian security forces deployed heavily in the Alawite heartland on the Mediterranean coast on Saturday, after a war monitor reported that government and allied forces killed at least 745 civilians from the religious minority in recent days. Residents of the region continued to report killings of civilians after deadly clashes broke out on ...

UN: Over 300,000 Returned to Syria Since Assad's Fall

This is Beirut, 07/03 22:28 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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More than 300,000 refugees have returned to Syria since president Bashar al-Assad was overthrown, while nearly a million more people displaced inside the country have returned to their homes, the United Nations said on Friday. Since Assad was toppled by Islamist-led rebels on December 8, "we've now crossed the 300,000 returns" mark, ...

Monitor Says Syria Security Forces "Executed" 69 Alawites in Latakia

This is Beirut, 07/03 16:43 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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A Syrian war monitor said Friday that security forces "executed" 69 members of the Alawite minority, a day after deadly clashes with gunmen loyal to toppled president Bashar al-Assad. Thursday's violence saw the fiercest attacks on the country's new authorities since Assad was ousted in a lightning offensive by Islamist-led ...

Over 70 Killed in Syria Clashes Between Govt forces, Assad Loyalists

This is Beirut, 07/03 12:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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More than 70 people were killed and dozens more wounded in Syria in fighting between government security forces and militants loyal to deposed ruler Bashar al-Assad, a war monitor said Friday. "More than 70 killed and dozens wounded and captured in bloody clashes and ambushes on the Syrian coast between members of the Ministry of Defense and ...

Latakia: Assad Loyalists Kill More Than 70 Security Forces in Most Violent Attack Since Ouster

This is Beirut, 06/03 20:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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From Revolution to Reconstruction: Homs Residents Return to Their City

This is Beirut, 18/02 15:50 - Reading : less than a minute

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Once dubbed the capital of the revolution against Bashar al-Assad, Homs saw some of the fiercest fighting in Syria's civil war. Now, displaced people are returning to their neighborhoods, only to find them in ruins.

Syrian Whistleblower "Caesar" Reveals Identity

This is Beirut, 06/02 23:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A Syrian whistleblower, who smuggled tens of thousands of pictures depicting torture under Bashar al-Assad, on Thursday revealed his identity for the first time, two months after the longtime ruler was toppled. "I am First Lieutenant Farid al-Madhan, the (former) head of the forensic evidence department at the military police in Damascus, known ...

Syria: UN Reports "Systematic" Looting During War

This is Beirut, 06/02 16:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A United Nations commission said Thursday it had documented the systematic destruction and pillaging of displaced people's property during Syria's war, warning of demographic change nearly two months after Bashar al-Assad's ouster. The Independent International Commission of Inquiry (CoI) on Syria has documented "pillages of such large scale that ...

Bashar al-Assad's Cousin Atif Najib Arrested in Latakia

This is Beirut, 31/01 18:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Syria's new authorities on Friday announced the arrest of a cousin of ousted leader Bashar al-Assad, accused of orchestrating a crackdown in Daraa, where the 2011 uprising began. Atif Najib, the former head of political security in Daraa in southern Syria, was arrested in Latakia, on the country's west coast, the official SANA news agency ...

Protesters in Douma Demand Answers About Four Abducted Activists

This is Beirut, 01/01 22:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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A few dozen protesters gathered in the Syrian city of Douma on Wednesday, demanding answers about the fate of four prominent activists abducted more than a decade ago. Holding up photographs of the missing activists, the demonstrators called on Syria's new rulers -- the Islamist-led rebels who seized power last month -- to investigate what ...

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