This is Beirut, 10/03 22:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The recent escalation of tensions along the Syrian coastline raises critical questions. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), since March 6, nearly 973 civilians, predominantly Alawites, have been killed in Tartous and Latakia, located in western Syria, where this religious minority is concentrated. The global Alawite ...
This is Beirut, 10/03 21:53 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Syria Ahmad al-Sharaa Syrian Democratic Forces
The Syrian presidency announced on Monday an agreement with the head of the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to integrate the institutions of the autonomous Kurdish administration in the northeast into the national government. Syria's new authorities under interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa have sought to disband armed groups ...
This is Beirut, 10/03 20:01 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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 ...
This is Beirut, 10/03 17:41 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Syria Bashar al-Assad SOHR Latakia Tartus
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 ...
This is Beirut, 10/03 17:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United Nations Syria UNDP Akkar
Akkar Governor Imad al Labaki revealed that the Disaster Management Room in Akkar recorded around 1,476 displaced families (6,078 individuals) from Syria, including 40 Lebanese families and 1,184 Syrian families. In an interview with the National News Agency, Labaki addressed the issue of displacement from Syria to Akkar, stating that "The ...
This is Beirut, 10/03 14:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Syria Youssef Rajji Damascus MOFA
Minister of Foreign Affairs Youssef Rajji stressed that “stability in Syria is very important for stability in Lebanon”. He also pointed out that a number of “common issues with Syria need to be addressed, including border demarcation, arms and drug smuggling, and terrorism”. Rajji's remarks came at the close of a meeting of Syria's ...
This is Beirut, 10/03 12:40 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
The worst violence to hit Syria since Bashar al-Assad's ouster poses a major threat to the transition, with mass killings of civilians throwing into doubt the new authorities' ability to govern. The sectarian violence in the Alawite heartland on Syria's Mediterranean coast has also drawn condemnation from the international community, after 13 ...
Charles Chartouni, 10/03 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
USA Russia Iran Israel Syria Lebanon
The international political scene is marred by uncertainties, and political actors are navigating their courses amidst the imbroglios of an unraveling world order. This state of endemic instability seems to promote the politics of ambiguity and their inherent weaponization. President Trump, with his conventional insinuations and intentional ...
This is Beirut, 09/03 18:27 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israel Gideon Saar Europe Syria
Israel's foreign minister has urged Europe to "stop granting legitimacy" to Syria's transitional authorities after hundreds of civilians were reportedly killed in clashes, in an interview published Sunday. "Europe must not fail in reading the reality," Foreign Minister Gideon Saar told Germany's Bild ...
This is Beirut, 09/03 18:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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 ...
This is Beirut, 09/03 16:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United States Marco Rubio Syria
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday condemned the "radical Islamist terrorists" behind "massacres" of minorities in Syria and demanded that the interim administration hold those responsible to account. "The United States condemns the radical Islamist terrorists, including foreign jihadis, that murdered people in western Syria in recent ...
This is Beirut, 08/03 21:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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 ...