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Syria’s New Government Steps Up Pursuit of Assad Loyalists

Finding the remnants of the old dictatorship and bringing them to justice has emerged as a top priority for the new administration in Syria.

Seattle Times · 1d

Syrian government forces hunt for a senior Assad official

Syria’s new government is searching for a senior official from the Assad dictatorship and for military forces loyal to the ousted president.

Courthouse News Service · 1d

Syria authorities launch operation in Assad stronghold

Security forces launched an operation against pro-Assad militias in the western province of Tartus, reportedly killing three gunmen linked with Assad's government.

Deutsche Welle on MSN · 2d

Syria launches crackdown in Assad stronghold after killings

Syria's new rulers began an operation in western Tartous province, home to many from ousted leader Bashar Assad's Alawite sect. The killing of 14 police officers the previous day has irked the Islamist-led authorities.

Syria's new rulers warn against incitement

Reuters · 1d

Syria's new rulers warn against incitement as tensions brew

The violence in Tartous province marks the deadliest challenge yet to the Islamist-led authorities which swept Bashar al-Assad from power.

PBS · 16h

Syria’s new rulers try to contain growing tensions involving Assad loyalists

Unrest is brewing in Syria’s coastal plains, home to the Assad family’s Alawite sect. Earlier this week, a group of regime loyalists staged an ambush on the now-governing rebel forces, killing 14. With the Shia Alawite sect making up only 10 percent of the population in the majority Sunni country,

CBC.ca · 1d

Syria's new rulers launch security crackdown as tensions brew

Syria's new authorities on Thursday launched a security crackdown in a coastal region where 14 policemen were killed a day before, vowing to pursue 'remnants' of the ousted Bashar al-Assad government accused of the attack,

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Syria's Alawite community: Once feared, now living in fear?

Syria's ousted dictator Bashar Assad and his family were members of the secretive religious minority, and used the ...

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Clashes between Islamists now in power in Syria and Assad’s supporters kill 6 fighters

A British-based war monitor said clashes between Islamists who took over Syria and supporters of ousted President Bashar ...

Lebanon returns 70 officers and soldiers to Syria, security official says

Lebanon expelled around 70 Syrian officers and soldiers on Saturday, returning them to Syria after they crossed into the country illegally via informal routes, a Lebanese security official and a war ...

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Assad loyalists kill 14 in clash with Syria's new ruling forces - authorities

Syria's new rebel-led authorities say supporters of ousted President Bashar al-Assad have killed 14 interior ministry troops ...

Irish Independent on MSN13h

Military official involved in Assad’s ‘human slaughterhouse’ arrested in Syria

A former top military official who issued death sentences for detainees in Damascus’s Sednaya prison has been arrested by ...

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Falcon drones, rockets and night-vision snipers: How Syria’s rebels planned for years to oust Assad

Bel Trew speaks to commanders of the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the group that led the charge to topple Bashar ...

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UN investigative team says Syria’s new authorities ‘very receptive’ to probe of Assad war crimes

The U.N. organization assisting in investigating the most serious crimes in Syria says the country’s new authorities were ...

Christmas In Post-Assad Syria Tainted By Fears For Minority's Future

Sarah Latifa had feared that her Christian community in Syria may struggle to celebrate its first Christmas since ...

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Syria's Assad blames 'terrorism' for regime collapse in first statement since defeat

Former Syrian President Bashar Assad on Monday made his first official statement since being topped by a rebel offensive and ...

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Syria's ousted leader Assad says he wanted to keep fighting but Russian allies evacuated him

Ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad said Monday he wanted to stay in the country after rebels captured the capital, but ...

Bashar Al Assad's uncle, popularly known as 'Butcher of Hama,' fled to Dubai after Syria takeover: Report

The officials said that “many members” of the Assad family had travelled to Dubai from Beirut and others had stayed in ...

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