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A Syrian American returned to Syria to aid his ailing father. He was executed in sectarian violence

Hosam Saraya, who had returned to Syria to aid his ill father, was executed along with other members of his family. Their ...
Naharnet on MSN5d

Amid fragile ceasefire, violence in southern Syria brings Druze communities’ complex cross-border ties to the fore

When the Syrian civil war erupted in March 2011, Syrian Druze were targeted at times by both the Assad regime, which ...

Key players in Syria’s latest eruption of violence, from the Druze and Bedouin to government forces

Clashes that shook southern Syria this week have killed hundreds of people, including civilians, and drawn in an array of ...

What the violence in Syria means for domestic and regional politics

Violence between government forces and armed factions of a religious minority in southern Syria this week has deepened ...
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In Druze town where hundreds breached border with Syria, residents mourn one tragedy while fearing another

They cried, they hugged, and then they went back to opposite sides of the fence, in enemy states,” a soldier said, witnessing ...

Here’s what triggered the latest deadly violence in Syria, and why it matters

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a U.K.-based war monitor, said the clashes started after members of a Bedouin tribe ...