The National on MSN1h
Syrian campaign pushes a revived version of 1950 constitution for new era
The 1950s charter is remembered as a Golden Age for Syria’s political rights, spearheaded by Aleppan politician and banker ...
America Magazine9h
Worst violence in years in Syria revives fears among minority Alawite and Christian communities
The question asked by many Syrians from Alawite, Shiite, Druse, Christian and other minority communities has become: “Can [I] ...
The Economist15h
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 ...
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 ...
Syria's Civilian Death Toll Hits 1,383 in Latest Violence
Assaults on the country's Alawite minority continue despite promises that Syria's new leaders will carve out a future that ...
El Mundo on MSN1d
Syria, fear returns to cross the Arab GrandRiver
Just like in 2011, thousands of Syrians, in this case Alawites, wade through the river that serves as a border with Lebanon to escape the persecution by the allied forces of the new government. The ...
A Syrian man barely escaped a wave of sectarian killings. His brothers did not
The Haydar family huddled in their apartment while gunmen stalked their hometown of Baniyas, hunting for members of Syria’s ...
Syrian ethnic tensions erupt in deadly clashes, questioning Europe's sanctions lift
Recent violence in Syria has sparked fears of further instability as leaders call for lifting sanctions to ease economic woes ...
Syria’s interim president calls clashes ‘expected challenges’ as death toll tops 600
The number of people killed in clashes in Syria between government security forces and supporters of ousted former President ...
The Economist7d
Syria has got rid of Bashar al-Assad, but not sectarian tensions
Under Mr Assad Syria sank from middle-income status to abject poverty. Women saw branches off trees for heating. Children ...
WUSF Public Media8d
Meet the Syrians behind the music that inspired a revolution
Syrian soccer player Abdel Basset al-Sarout became the poster child for the Syrian revolution with his iconic protest anthems. In death, he has become its saint. But he didn't do it alone.
Al-Monitor11d
'Where's the gold?': How the Assads sucked Syria dry
Many of the bases of the elite Fourth Division formerly run by toppled president Bashar al-Assad's feared younger brother ...