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UN Reports Over 21,600 Syrians Flee to Lebanon After Violence

More than 21,600 people have fled from Syria to Lebanon after the wave of violence in western Syria at the beginning of March, according to the UN's refugee agency UNHCR. .

UN Reports Over 21,600 Syrians Flee to Lebanon After Violence

Israel Strikes Syria: Multiple Fatalities Reported in Latest Attacks

Israel has carried out air strikes and fired artillery against Syria. Several people have been killed, according to local Syrian authorities' reports.

Israel Strikes Syria: Multiple Fatalities Reported in Latest Attacks

Building a New Syria Through Reconciliation Efforts

The hope of Syria healing faded when large numbers of Alawites and Christians were killed. A reconciliation effort is required to break the multi-year spiral of violence, according to Roy Moussalli, who founded an inter-religious aid organization.

Building a New Syria Through Reconciliation Efforts

Multiple deaths in Israeli attacks in Syria

At least three people were killed and 19 injured in Israeli attacks in southern Syria on Monday evening, according to the Syrian Health Department. According to a statement from the Israeli military, the attacks targeted command centers and military installations with weapons and vehicles belonging to the ousted Assad regime.

Multiple deaths in Israeli attacks in Syria

Multi-billion support to the new Syria

Syria receives 5. 8 billion euros, equivalent to nearly 64 billion Swedish kronor, in support to help the war-torn country.

Multi-billion support to the new Syria

Little interest in returning to Syria

One person. The Syrians' interest in getting help from Norwegian authorities to return to their home country is, to say the least, lukewarm.

Little interest in returning to Syria

Freedom of Expression in New Syrian Constitution

Syria's interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has signed a temporary constitutional declaration. The constitution is to regulate legislation during the five-year transitional period calculated for a possible democratic development and potential democratic elections.

Freedom of Expression in New Syrian Constitution

Uncertainty despite new constitution in Syria

Women's "social, political and economic" rights are included, as well as freedom of the press and freedom of expression. But at the same time, Syria's provisional new constitution establishes five years of Islamist rule.

Uncertainty despite new constitution in Syria

Canada to Ease Sanctions Against Syria

Canada is planning to ease its economic sanctions against Syria and appoint a new ambassador to the country, announces the Canadian Foreign Ministry. .

Canada to Ease Sanctions Against Syria

After the Civil War – People Are Fleeing Syria Again

Is Syria on its way to falling back into civil war – just a few months after the Assad regime's fall? In just a few days, over 1,300 people were killed along the Syrian Mediterranean coast, mainly Alawites and Christians. Many are now terrified and have fled the country.

After the Civil War – People Are Fleeing Syria Again

Syria establishes national security council

Syria's transitional government announces the formation of a national security council to be led by interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa. .

Syria establishes national security council

Syria: "Illegal Revenge" is Not Allowed

"Illegal retaliation" must be avoided. This is the message from the investigative committee set up by Syria's new leadership after the recent days' killing of hundreds of civilians – most of them Alawites and Christians.

Syria: "Illegal Revenge" is Not Allowed

Syria: Israeli Attack on Daraa

Israel has carried out an air attack on several military targets in southern Syria. This is reported by the Syrian state news agency Sana.

Syria: Israeli Attack on Daraa

Syria's President Signs Agreement with Kurds

Syria's interim president Ahmad al-Sharaa announces that an agreement has been reached with Kurdish groups in the country to integrate into the central government's rule in Damascus. .

Syria's President Signs Agreement with Kurds

Damascus: "Operation" on the coast completed

Syria's Defense Department says that an "operation" on the coast has been completed, that its soldiers have "neutralized" other security forces said to be behind the killing of hundreds of civilians in recent days. The dead are reported to mainly belong to minority groups, Alawites and Christians.

Damascus: "Operation" on the coast completed

Expert on Syria: A Powder Keg That Has Now Exploded

The killing of civilians from the Alawite minority can be traced back to a "bitter and bloody legacy" from the war in Syria. But also to a security force that is not entirely controlled by the government, says Middle East expert Aron Lund.

Expert on Syria: A Powder Keg That Has Now Exploded

Testimonies from Syria: Dead bodies in piles

Testimonies speak of dead bodies in piles and people are said to flee from coastal areas in Syria. Anxiety grows after days of reports of the killing of civilians, primarily from the Syrian Alawite minority.

Testimonies from Syria: Dead bodies in piles

Over 1,000 dead in Syria – reports of massacres

At least 745 civilians from the Alawite minority in Syria have been killed by security forces and allies over the past three days, according to the British-based Syrian Human Rights Observatory (SOHR). "This is one of the largest massacres in the Syrian conflict," says SOHR chief Rami Abdulrahman in a statement.

Over 1,000 dead in Syria – reports of massacres

Over 250 dead in Syria – "five separate massacres"

At least 162 people from the Alawite minority in Syria have been killed by Syrian security forces in "five separate massacres", reports the Syrian Human Rights Observatory (SOHR). Additionally, at least 95 more people have been killed in clashes between government forces and supporters of the ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad.

Over 250 dead in Syria – "five separate massacres"

Assad Supporters Killed at Least 13 Syrian Police Officers

At least 13 Syrian police officers have been killed in an ambush in the coastal city of Jableh, according to an official in Damascus and the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). .

Assad Supporters Killed at Least 13 Syrian Police Officers

Syria Vows to Dismantle Chemical Weapons Stockpile After Assad's Fall

Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani promises to destroy the stockpiles of chemical weapons built up under the previous regime. The promise is made in a speech to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on Wednesday.

Syria Vows to Dismantle Chemical Weapons Stockpile After Assad's Fall

Syria establishes constitutional committee

Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa announced on Sunday that a committee of seven people has been convened to draft a proposal for a new constitution during a transitional period. The decision is part of Syria's transformation since leader Bashar al-Assad and his regime were toppled in December.

Syria establishes constitutional committee

Swedish police can nail Assad's torturers

A landslide of testimonies is expected to come from Syrians in Sweden who have been victims of crimes in their home country, but who previously did not dare to testify due to fear of the former dictator Bashar al-Assad's reprisals. But even their perpetrators are believed to be here in Sweden.

Swedish police can nail Assad's torturers

The Kurdish PKK should lay down their arms

The Kurdish terrorist-labeled organization PKK is to be dissolved. "I urge to lay down the weapons and I take on the historical responsibility for this appeal", announces the group's imprisoned leader Abdullah Öcalan.

The Kurdish PKK should lay down their arms