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Syria Battles Wildfires for Fourth Day as Jordan and Turkey Send Help

This is Beirut, 06/07 17:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Syrian authorities said some 100 square kilometers (40 square miles) of forest had "turned to ash" in wildfires as firefighters from neighboring Jordan arrived Sunday to battle a fourth day of blazes in the province of Latakia. Syrian emergency workers have faced tough conditions, including high temperatures, strong winds, rugged mountainous ...

Syria Battles Fierce Wildfires in Latakia for Third Day as Turkey Sends Assistance

This is Beirut, 05/07 16:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Syrian emergency workers were battling forest fires raging in the coastal province of Latakia on Saturday for a third day in tough conditions as neighboring Turkey sent assistance. An AFP correspondent saw strong winds fanning the flames in forest areas and farmland in Qastal Maaf, around a dozen kilometers (eight miles) from the Turkish border, ...

Syrian Authorities Evacuate Citizens Amid Major Forest Fires

This is Beirut, 04/07 21:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Syrian rescuers were evacuating residential areas in the coastal Latakia province because of major forest fires, authorities said on Friday. Fires have been spreading across large parts of Syria, particularly the coast, for several days, with firefighters struggling to control them due to strong winds and an intense drought. Abdulkafi Kayyal, ...

Massacres in Latakia Drive Syrians to Seek Refuge in Northern Lebanon

This is Beirut, 11/03 16:25 - Reading : less than a minute

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The upsurge in violence in Latakia, marked by massacres of a rare intensity, is driving increasing numbers of Syrians to seek refuge in northern Lebanon, exacerbating an already worrying humanitarian crisis.

Fear Among Syrian Christians After Deadly Attacks

This is Beirut, 10/03 20:01 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Members of Syria's small Christian community on the coast are living in fear after attacks killed more than 1,000 mostly Alawite civilians, with Christians reportedly caught up in the violence. "The current conflict in Syria does not concern me, but we are its victims," said Ruwayda, a 36-year-old Christian from the port city of ...

Syria Announces End to 'Military Operation' After Mass Killings

This is Beirut, 10/03 17:41 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Syria's new authorities announced on Monday the end of an operation against loyalists of deposed president Bashar al-Assad, after more than 1,000 civilians were killed in the worst violence since his overthrow. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said security forces and allied groups had killed 1,068 civilians, the vast majority ...

Syria President Calls for Unity After Reports of Mass Killings

This is Beirut, 09/03 18:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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President Ahmed al-Sharaa called for national unity and peace on Sunday amid a growing international backlash following the killing of Alawite civilians in the worst violence since the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad. United Nations rights chief Volker Turk said the killings "must cease immediately", while the Arab League, the United ...

Syria Church Leaders Condemn ‘Massacres Targeting Innocent Civilians'

This is Beirut, 08/03 21:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The leaders of Syria's three main Christian churches issued a joint statement Saturday condemning "massacres targeting innocent civilians", following reports of mass killings of Alawite civilians by the security forces. Britain-based war monitor, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said "532 Alawite civilians were killed in the coastal ...

Syria: A New Phase of Conflict Between Pro-Assad Forces and the Authorities?

Natasha Metni Torbey, 07/03 18:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The Pandora’s box that opened in Syria in 2011 is far from closed. After the civil war that broke out 14 years ago, a new phase of tensions has begun in the wake of former President Bashar al-Assad’s ouster and his exile in Russia. On Thursday, fighting intensified across the country, particularly in the west, as supporters of the former ...

Monitor Says Syria Security Forces "Executed" 69 Alawites in Latakia

This is Beirut, 07/03 16:43 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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A Syrian war monitor said Friday that security forces "executed" 69 members of the Alawite minority, a day after deadly clashes with gunmen loyal to toppled president Bashar al-Assad. Thursday's violence saw the fiercest attacks on the country's new authorities since Assad was ousted in a lightning offensive by Islamist-led ...

Latakia: Assad Loyalists Kill More Than 70 Security Forces in Most Violent Attack Since Ouster

This is Beirut, 06/03 20:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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More than 70 people were killed and dozens more wounded in Syria in fighting between government security forces and militants loyal to deposed ruler Bashar al-Assad, a war monitor said Friday. "More than 70 killed and dozens wounded and captured in bloody clashes and ambushes on the Syrian coast between members of the Ministry of Defense and ...

Syria Monitor Reports 11 Killed in Ex-Assad Bastion, Clashes in South

This is Beirut, 05/03 17:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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A Syria war monitor said Wednesday that four civilians had been killed in a security operation in a former pro-government bastion this week, while clashes in the south had left at least seven security personnel and gunmen dead. Restoring and maintaining security across Syria remains one of the most pressing challenges for the country's new ...

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