Syria swears in new transitional government 4 months after Assad’s removal
Syria’s new transitional government was sworn in Saturday nearly four months after the Assad family was removed from power and as the new authorities in Damascus work to ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation20d
Former Syrian diplomat shot dead as death toll from mass violence rises above 1,300
"Unidentified armed groups and individuals — many entering Tartus and Latakia governorates from other parts of Syria following official calls for general mobilisation — joined these operations ...
The Straits Times20d
Entire families killed during Syria's violence, UN says
GENEVA - Entire families including women and children were killed in Syria's coastal region as ... Latakia and Hama governorates - reportedly by unidentified armed individuals, members of armed ...
Jurist20d
UN confirms Syria civilian deaths in coastal mass killings, calls for accountability
The UN Human Rights spokesperson on Syria confirmed the deaths of 111 Syrian civilians ... They appear to have been carried out on a sectarian basis, in Tartus, Latakia and Hama governorates – ...
KRDO20d
Entire families killed in Syria sectarian violence, UN says
which lives predominantly in Sunni-majority Syria. Al-Kheetan said the killings “appear to have been carried out on a sectarian basis, in Tartus, Latakia and Hama governorates – reportedly by ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs21d
Historic deal between Damascus and Kurdish-led SDF could transform Syria - analysis
The deal is supposed to put together a road map for integration that will be completed in the next nine months. Rudaw, a Kurdish media outlet, reported that the Syrian Democratic Council ...
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Syria’s government signs breakthrough deal with US-backed SDF
Syria’s interim government signed a deal Monday with the Kurdish-led authority that controlled the country’s northeast, including a ceasefire and the merging of the main US-backed force there ...
The Conversation21d
Syria integration deal with Kurds brings relief after days of bitter violence wracks war-torn country
King's College London provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. The new Syrian government has signed a deal with to integrate the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militia into ...
NBC News21d
In a big step for Syria's new leadership, U.S.-backed Kurdish forces will merge with government army
The Syrian Democratic Forces, the Kurdish-led coalition that joined with U.S. troops to fight the Islamic State terrorist group, has agreed to integrate with the same interim Syrian government ...
Catholic News Agency21d
Syrian patriarchs condemn massacres as sectarian violence escalates on Syria’s coast
The Syrian coast in the western part of the country has become a theater for unprecedented unrest since the onset of the Syrian crisis in 2011. This past weekend, at least 745 Alawite civilians ...
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Abdelatty, Kallas discuss Gaza reconstruction, Syrian stability
He made particular note of the recent clashes in some Syrian governorates. He clarified the need for the transitional political process to include all segments of the Syrian people without exclusion.
Newsweek21d
Syria's Civil War Takes Another Deadly, Dramatic Turn
Newsweek has reached out to the IDF, the SDF, the Syrian Interim Government, U.S. Central Command and the U.S. State Department for comment. A map shows the religious and ethnic composition of ...