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Syria's Minorities Demand For Constitution That Guarantees Pluralism
Hundreds of representatives of Syria's various ethnic and religious groups called Friday for the formation of a decentralised state and the drafting of a new constitution that guarantees religious, cultural and ethnic pluralism.
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Fresh Clashes In Syria As Interim Government Struggles To Ease Tension
New outbreaks of violence overnight into Sunday rocked Syria at two distinct flashpoints, straining a fragile ceasefire and calling into question the ability of the transitional government to exert its authority across the whole country.
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How Sectarian Violence Drove Syria's Druze From Unity To Uprising
Clashes broke out last week that were sparked by tit-for-tat kidnappings between armed Bedouin clans and fighters with the Druze religious minority. The violence killed hundreds of people and threatened to unravel Syria's fragile postwar transition.
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Israel, Syria Agree On Ceasefire, Says US Envoy
The leaders of Israel and Syria have agreed to a ceasefire days after major Israeli strikes, a US envoy said Friday, as he urged all sides in war-torn Syria to lay down arms.
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"Did Not Support Recent Israeli Strikes On Syria": US State Department
The United States did not support recent Israeli strikes on Syria, the State Department said on Thursday, adding that Washington made clear its displeasure after tensions escalated and worked quickly to stop it.
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Syrians Find Bodies In Streets While Searching For Loved Ones Amid Clashes
A ceasefire went into effect late Wednesday, easing days of brutal clashes in Sweida. Members of its Druze community are returning to search for loved ones and count their losses, finding homes looted and bloodied bodies in the streets.
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Netanyahu Urges Israeli Druze To Stay Back As IDF Launches Operations In Syria
In a direct message to the Druze community of Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged restraint and warned against crossing into Syrian territory, amid escalating violence in the southwestern Syrian city of Sweida.
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Who Is Rama Duwaji, Zohran Mamdani's Artist Wife Whom He Met On Hinge
Zohran Mamdani's wife Rama Duwaji is a 27-year-old Syrian American animator and illustrator based in Brooklyn, New York.
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Explained: What's Happening in Syria, How It Could Affect Middle East
The civil war in Syria had thawed. But 13 years since the beginning of one of the worst humanitarian crises of the 21st century, a new surge in violence has reignited attention on a conflict that had faded from the world's headlines.
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Syrian Dad Teaches Girl To Laugh At Explosions In Heart-Breaking Video
To help her cope with the trauma of living in a conflict zone, a three-year-old Syrian girl's father has taught her to laugh each time she hears an explosion or warplane. A deeply-distressing video of the child and her father playing their 'game' as an explosion is heard outside has evoked an emotional response from social media users, who called f...
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Airstrikes Kill More Than 40 Civilians In Syria's Northwest: Monitor
Regime and Russian air strikes killed 43 people in northwest Syria on Monday, most of them in a crowded market, a war monitor said, in the latest violence to plague the opposition bastion.
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"I Screamed, But No One Came": The Horrifying Sexual Violence Facing Syria's Women And Girls
The stories in the report, written after interviews with more than 450 people, document a terrifying and systematic pattern of sexual abuse by the government during house raids, at checkpoints and in detention centers.
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US Calls On Russia To Pressure Syrian President Assad To Allow Citizens To Flee In Ghouta
The United States urged Russia on Thursday to pressure Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime to respect attempts to allow residents out of the rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta.
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Fifth Round Of Syria Talks Begins In Kazakhstan
A fifth round of talks on ending the six-year Syrian conflict began in Kazakhstan today, focused on shoring up a plan for safe zones in the war-torn country.
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Violence Against Syria's Children 'At Its Worst' In 2016: UN
UNICEF said that cases of children being killed, maimed, or recruited into armed groups were the "highest on record" last year.
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Syria's Minorities Demand For Constitution That Guarantees Pluralism
Hundreds of representatives of Syria's various ethnic and religious groups called Friday for the formation of a decentralised state and the drafting of a new constitution that guarantees religious, cultural and ethnic pluralism.
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Fresh Clashes In Syria As Interim Government Struggles To Ease Tension
New outbreaks of violence overnight into Sunday rocked Syria at two distinct flashpoints, straining a fragile ceasefire and calling into question the ability of the transitional government to exert its authority across the whole country.
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How Sectarian Violence Drove Syria's Druze From Unity To Uprising
Clashes broke out last week that were sparked by tit-for-tat kidnappings between armed Bedouin clans and fighters with the Druze religious minority. The violence killed hundreds of people and threatened to unravel Syria's fragile postwar transition.
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Israel, Syria Agree On Ceasefire, Says US Envoy
The leaders of Israel and Syria have agreed to a ceasefire days after major Israeli strikes, a US envoy said Friday, as he urged all sides in war-torn Syria to lay down arms.
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"Did Not Support Recent Israeli Strikes On Syria": US State Department
The United States did not support recent Israeli strikes on Syria, the State Department said on Thursday, adding that Washington made clear its displeasure after tensions escalated and worked quickly to stop it.
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Syrians Find Bodies In Streets While Searching For Loved Ones Amid Clashes
A ceasefire went into effect late Wednesday, easing days of brutal clashes in Sweida. Members of its Druze community are returning to search for loved ones and count their losses, finding homes looted and bloodied bodies in the streets.
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Netanyahu Urges Israeli Druze To Stay Back As IDF Launches Operations In Syria
In a direct message to the Druze community of Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged restraint and warned against crossing into Syrian territory, amid escalating violence in the southwestern Syrian city of Sweida.
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Who Is Rama Duwaji, Zohran Mamdani's Artist Wife Whom He Met On Hinge
Zohran Mamdani's wife Rama Duwaji is a 27-year-old Syrian American animator and illustrator based in Brooklyn, New York.
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Explained: What's Happening in Syria, How It Could Affect Middle East
The civil war in Syria had thawed. But 13 years since the beginning of one of the worst humanitarian crises of the 21st century, a new surge in violence has reignited attention on a conflict that had faded from the world's headlines.
-
Syrian Dad Teaches Girl To Laugh At Explosions In Heart-Breaking Video
To help her cope with the trauma of living in a conflict zone, a three-year-old Syrian girl's father has taught her to laugh each time she hears an explosion or warplane. A deeply-distressing video of the child and her father playing their 'game' as an explosion is heard outside has evoked an emotional response from social media users, who called f...
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Airstrikes Kill More Than 40 Civilians In Syria's Northwest: Monitor
Regime and Russian air strikes killed 43 people in northwest Syria on Monday, most of them in a crowded market, a war monitor said, in the latest violence to plague the opposition bastion.
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"I Screamed, But No One Came": The Horrifying Sexual Violence Facing Syria's Women And Girls
The stories in the report, written after interviews with more than 450 people, document a terrifying and systematic pattern of sexual abuse by the government during house raids, at checkpoints and in detention centers.
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US Calls On Russia To Pressure Syrian President Assad To Allow Citizens To Flee In Ghouta
The United States urged Russia on Thursday to pressure Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime to respect attempts to allow residents out of the rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta.
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Fifth Round Of Syria Talks Begins In Kazakhstan
A fifth round of talks on ending the six-year Syrian conflict began in Kazakhstan today, focused on shoring up a plan for safe zones in the war-torn country.
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Violence Against Syria's Children 'At Its Worst' In 2016: UN
UNICEF said that cases of children being killed, maimed, or recruited into armed groups were the "highest on record" last year.
