May 02 Israeli military launches airstrike on Syria after warning over sectarian attacks By Ghaith Alsayed, Sam Mednick, Associated Press Israel’s air force struck near Syria’s presidential palace early Friday after warning Syrian authorities not to march toward villages inhabited by members of a minority sect in southern Syria. Continue reading
Apr 29 At least 10 killed in Syria after clashes sparked by audio clip of man criticizing Prophet Muhammad By Omar Sanadiki, Associated Press Clashes in the southern suburb of Jaramana began after audio attributed to a Druze cleric, possibly wrongly, circulated on social media of a man criticizing Islam's Prophet Muhammad. Continue reading
Apr 16 Israeli defense minister says troops will remain in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria indefinitely By Isaac Scharf, Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Associated Press Israeli forces have taken over large areas of Gaza in recent weeks in a renewed campaign to pressure Hamas to release hostages. Continue reading
Mar 16 Analysis: Syria’s resurgence of violence does not signal a new civil war — for now By Steven A. Cook, Council on Foreign Relations A spate of attacks involving loyalists to former ruler President Bashar al-Assad has spurred concerns of a return to sectarian warfare in Syria, but there is still a path for the country’s new rulers to find stability. Continue reading
Mar 10 Syria’s worst violence in months reopens wounds of the country’s 13-year civil war By Kareem Chehayeb, Associated Press The attack Thursday near the port city of Latakia reopened the wounds of the country’s 13-year civil war and sparked the worst violence Syria has seen since December, when insurgents led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS,… Continue reading
Mar 09 Watch 2:20 News Wrap: Deadly clashes continue for fourth day in western Syria In our news wrap Sunday, a fourth day of clashes in western Syria is testing the country’s new leadership, Israel says it’s cutting off the electricity it sends to Gaza, Secret Service officers shot a man brandishing a gun near… Continue watching
Mar 08 Watch 2:06 News Wrap: Russian airstrikes kill at least 20 people in Ukraine In our news wrap Saturday, Russian launched aerial attacks on Ukraine for a second night since the Trump administration stopped sharing satellite images with Kyiv, clashes in Syria over the last two days have left more than 1,000 people dead,… Continue watching
Mar 08 More than 1,000 people in Syria have died in 2 days of clashes and revenge killings, monitors say By Bassem Mroue, Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press The death toll from two days of clashes between Syrian security forces and loyalists of ousted President Bashar Assad and revenge killings that followed has risen to more than 1,000, a war monitoring group said Saturday, making it one of… Continue reading
Mar 07 Clashes in Syria’s coastal region between Assad loyalists and government forces kill more than 70 By Omar Albam, Associated Press A war monitor says that clashes between Syrian security forces and gunmen loyal to former President Bashar Assad in the country's coastal region have left more than 70 people dead and the area outside government control. Continue reading
Feb 21 Watch 7:43 Syria’s minority sects concerned new government won’t protect them By Simona Foltyn When Sunni rebels toppled Bashar al-Assad last December, they vowed to form an inclusive Syrian government by March. Sunnis comprise around 75 percent of Syria with the remaining 25 percent made up of minorities like Alawites, Christians, Shiite Muslims, Kurds… Continue watching