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The U.S. and Russia Come Together on Syria
The Alawites are seen as religious deviants by the Sunni Islamists, and as remnants of the ousted regime, and their position ...
Kurdish-led SDF to merge with Syrian state institutions in landmark deal
Syria’s interim government says it has reached a landmark agreement with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to ...
New Syrian leader Sharaa says killings of Alawites threaten unity, vows justice
Sharaa blamed pro-Assad groups backed by foreigners for triggering the bloodshed but acknowledged that revenge killings had ...
The last good days in Syria before a new nightmare began
When I interviewed Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Damascus on Feb. 27, neither one of us knew ...
In Syria, New Fighting Opens Old Wounds
After a period of relative calm in western Syria, the reported attacks raised the specter of continued sectarian conflict in ...
Damascus faces demands for accountability after civilian killings
Syria's Islamist-led government on Monday said it had completed a military operation against a nascent insurgency by Bashar ...
Russia and US united in condemning mass murders in Syria - Moscow
Moscow and Washington are maintaining contacts over the escalating situation in Syria, Russia’s UN envoy Vassily Nebenzia has ...
What A Trump-Putin Detente Means for Russia and Iran's Partnership
"We are primarily interested in understanding the essence of President Trump's new line," a former Russian envoy told ...
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Russia gambles to keep military bases in post-Assad Syria
As such, the country's leaders are willing "to make peace, even with their former enemies," one Damascus-based diplomat told Reuters. "Moscow still has something to offer for Syria," and is too ...