Syria’s Alawites, Sect of the Assads, Fear for Their Future
They say disparate violent incidents in the past two months—including alleged extrajudicial killings and the destruction of a ...
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Fear grips Alawites in Syria's Homs as Assad 'remnants' targeted
In Syria's third city Homs, members of ousted president Bashar al-Assad's Alawite community say they are terrified as new ...
The teeth and bones that hold the key to this century’s worst chemical weapons attack
Some 1,500 victims of a deadly nerve agent are believed to be buried in one mass grave in Syria – now their families want ...
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Syria’s forced disappearances: No relief for grieving families
Thousands of people who vanished during former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's reign are still missing, a month after the ...
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Between hope and despair in the Middle East | Opinion
The Middle East − cradle of civilizations − is in deep crisis swamped in ignorance, autocracy, corruption, violence and oppression. Like many other children of the region, I am still rejoicing with ...
Fighting Fires—and the Rumor Mill—as L.A. Burns
The worst I’ve ever seen.’ Skyrocketing misinformation is forcing public officials to adopt a new playbook when tragedies hit their communities ...
'Devastated' Syria's new regime wants help, but should Australia's loosen its stance?
As the US moves to lift some restrictions on the Syria's fragile new government, Australia will have to consider whether it wants closer ties with a group it has labelled as terrorists.
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