Minority sect of ousted President lives in fear as violence grips Syria’s coast
Authorities have not provided a toll, but the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor put the number of dead at 1,383 ...
Syria leader signs constitutional declaration, hailing 'new history'
Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa hailed the start of a "new history" for his country on Thursday, signing into force a ...
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After the bloodshed, can Syria’s president unite his country?
Sharaa, seemed to waver between his jihadist past and his presidential present. After the first day of violence he made a ...
Human rights investigators race to document Syria killings on social media
Hundreds of people have been killed amid armed clashes in Syria, with many of those deaths filmed and published on the internet. CBC’s visual investigations team has verified three of those deaths.
How disinformation intensified Syria's weekend of violence
Syria saw its worst violence since the end of the dictatorship — along with significant social media disinformation. AI fakes and manipulated historical images online inflamed the real-life fighting.
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Syria’s New Rulers and Minorities: Clash or Compromise?
This raised doubts that the new leadership’s intent was not only to suppress armed dissent but also to punish the civilian population. The tensions along Syria’s coastal region and in the Latakia ...
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UNAMI expresses concern over attacks on Syrian nationals in Iraq
The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) on Thursday condemned the reported assaults on Syrian workers in Iraq, ...
Syrian leader signs constitution that puts the country under an Islamist group's rule for 5 years
Syria’s interim president has signed a temporary constitution that leaves the country under Islamist rule for five years during a transitional phase.
Syria flashes signs of peril and promise in a week of violence and diplomacy
The peril and promise of Syria under interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa — the former leader of an Islamist insurgent group — ...
Exclusive-Russia lambasts Syria's new leaders in closed UN meeting, sources say
Russia castigated Syria's new leaders in a closed United Nations briefing this week, two sources briefed on the meeting told ...
Middle East latest: UN-backed experts accuse Israel of sexual and gender-based violence in Gaza
A United Nations-backed group of human rights experts accused Israel of “disproportionate violence against women and children ...