most of them members of Assad’s Alawite minority community. Baerbock said the clashes have “massively cost confidence” and that the transitional government of interim President Ahmad al ...

Clashes earlier this month between fighters loyal to al-Assad and forces of the country's new rulers sparked the worst violence since the civil war, leaving around 1,000 people dead, most of them ...

from recent travels through Israel where he visited the Alawite Muslim village of Ghajar, to his thoughts on a two state-solution — which, for the record, he opposes. “So you [would] have ...

I was at a Ballard location the... RAVE to the passerby who randomly buzzed my apartment near the Amazon Spheres to relay that a resident's car was about to be towed. I... RAVE to the gentleman I ...

Worldcategory· March 17, 2025 French foreign minister proposes sanctions on those behind attacks against Syria's Alawites French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Monday that he had ...

AFP becomes one of the main source for international news. We've got various news from around the world. I can say that AFP news content is diverse and credible, and they can fit with the ...

The bloodletting between Alawites and forces backing Syria’s new government surprised many. But tensions had been building since the ouster of President Assad. Israel’s military said it ...

March 18, 2025 • President Trump and President Vladimir Putin of Russia held a lengthy phone call on Tuesday to discuss a possible ceasefire in Ukraine. This is part of Trump's efforts to end ...

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The conflict between Israel and Palestinians — and other groups in the Middle East — goes back decades. These stories provide context for current developments and the history that led up to them.

Iraqi leader announces the death of the IS deputy caliph on social media; Iraqi forces say he was targeted in an airstrike in the Anbar desert ...