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Who is Khalil Al-Hayya, the top Hamas figure targeted by Israel?Khalil Al-Hayya, a senior Hamas official, survived an Israeli attack in Qatar, becoming a central figure after the reported deaths of Haniy...- Syria's sectarian violence reached capital, terrorizing Alawites, residents sayMasked men stormed Alawite homes in Damascus on March 6, detaining over two dozen unarmed men amidst sectarian violence in Syria. Reports s...
- Syria's worst violence in months reopens wounds of the civil warMore than 1,000 people died in four days of clashes after an ambush on a Syrian security patrol by gunmen loyal to ousted leader Bashar Ass...
- Syria announces probe after reports of mass killingsSyria's government announced a probe following the killing of 830 Alawite civilians, causing international backlash and condemnation. Clash...
- Syria's worst violence in months reopens wounds of the civil warGunmen loyal to ousted leader Bashar Assad ambushed a Syrian security patrol, leading to clashes that resulted in over 1,000 deaths within ...
- Assad loyalists kill at least 13 police officers in ambush on Syrian forces in coastal townGunmen ambushed a Syrian police patrol in Jableh, killing at least 13 security members amid escalating tensions between Assad's minority Al...
- Syria's long-ruling Baath party faces collapseFollowing the overthrow of President Bashar Assad, Syria's Baath party has frozen its activities, signaling the end of its six-decade rule....
- Syria: Pro-Assad forces kill 14 police personnelSeveral deadly incidents in recent days underscore the fragile security situation in Syria following the downfall of Assad's long-standing ...
- With Assad ousted, a new era starts in Syria as the world watchesSyrian rebels, led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), seized Damascus, forcing President Assad to flee to Russia. This ends 13 years of civil w...
- Organisations close to Assad start alienating themselves from fallen presidentFollowing the swift collapse of Bashar Assad's government, previously supportive organizations sought to disassociate themselves. Syria's a...
- Iron-fisted Assad never quelled the Syrian rebels who came back to topple himSyrian President Bashar al-Assad's 24-year rule ended as he fled Damascus amidst a swift rebel advance. Rebels declared the capital free, m...
- Syria rebels vow no more 'sectarianism and tyranny'Syrian rebel commander Hassan Abdel Ghani reassured minorities after Islamist-led fighters seized key cities from government forces. The re...
- Syrian rebels seize fourth city, close in on Homs in threat to Assad's ruleSyrian rebels seized control of Daraa, the birthplace of the 2011 uprising, marking the fourth city lost by Assad's forces in a week. Rebel...
- Why rebel capture of Syria's Hama, city with dark history, mattersSyrian rebels seized Hama, a city etched in memory by the 1982 massacre. The insurgents removed a poster of President Bashar Assad. Hama's ...
- Syria: Assad dynasty's half century in powerHafez al-Assad, Syria's defence minister and the father of Bashar al-Assad, takes power in a military coup on November 16, 1970 that ousts ...
- Syria says Israeli raids target Mediterranean port region of LatakiaAlthough Israeli strikes in the last few years have targeted many parts of Syria, they have rarely hit Latakia which is close to Russia's m...
- 'Kill Russians', urges Syrian Qaeda as Moscow's embassy hitOn the Golan, Israel responded to two stray rockets from Syria by targeting two regime military posts, without specifying if they were hit.
- Syrian army advances in west after Russian strikes: ReportsSyrian news agency SANA said Tal Skik was now under Syrian army control after an 'extensive military operation' on the ground backed by Rus...
- Russian air strikes target western Syria: MonitorThe Observatory said a large explosion hit a building on the outskirts of the town of al-Bab in northern Syria, which is held by the ultra-...
- Shias, Sunnis sectarianism turns into a nightmare for SyriaIt is the larger picture, the shape the civil war in Syria is acquiring, that can have severe repercussions across West Asia and the rest o...
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