Syria: Israel says it conduct strikes on “military targets”, two dead

Syria: Israel says it conduct strikes on “military targets”, two dead

An Israeli strike near the city of Daraa in southern Syria left two dead on Monday, March 17, reported an official Syrian media. “Two civilians were killed and 19 others injured in Israeli air strikes in the vicinity of the city of Daraa”said the Syrian news agency Sana. The Israeli army said it had targeted … Read more

Syria: adoption of a constitutional declaration, a “new page in history”

Syria: adoption of a constitutional declaration, a “new page in history”

The acting president of Syria, Ahmed al-Chareh, praised Thursday March 13 “New page in history” For the country by signing a constitutional declaration for a five -year transitional period, guaranteeing in particular freedom of expression and women’s rights. “It is a new page in the history of Syria, where we replace injustice with justice (…) … Read more

Violence in Syria: the commission of inquiry “determined” to do justice

Violence in Syria: the commission of inquiry “determined” to do justice

The commission of inquiry mandated by the Syrian presidency to investigate violence in the west of the country on Tuesday claimed its determination to guarantee justice and prevent extrajudicial reprisals, after the death of more than 1,200 civilians in a bastion of ex-president Bashar al-Assad. Tensions began on March 6 in an Alawite Village in … Read more

Massacre in Syria: were Christians targeted by armed groups?

Massacre in Syria: were Christians targeted by armed groups?

The Syrian authorities ended the military actions which were aimed at West Syria on Monday, March 10. Launched four days earlier in response to attacks by faithful of the regime of Bashar al-Assad, this operation carried out by armed groups will have cost the lives of nearly 1,500 people, including 973 civilians, mainly from the … Read more

Who are the Alawites, this religious minority targeted by massacres in Syria?

Who are the Alawites, this religious minority targeted by massacres in Syria?

(Article initially put online on December 10, 2024) The cross : The fallen president, Bashar Al Assad, belongs to the Alaouite community, which represents around 10 % of the population in Syria. What are its characteristics within a predominantly Sunni country? Augiad Ghanem: Alawites emerged in the Middle East between the 10th and 11th centuries. … Read more

The Syrian leader calls for unity after unpublished deadly violence

The Syrian leader calls for unity after unpublished deadly violence

Manager Ahmad al-Chareh called on Sunday to national unity and civil peace in Syria after death according to an NGO of hundreds of people, mostly civilians, in unprecedented violence since the fall of Bashar al-Assad. The violence was triggered by a bloody attack Thursday of supporters of Mr. Assad against the security forces in Jablé, … Read more

Syria: the authorities launch a security operation in the cradle of the Assad clan

Syria: the authorities launch a security operation in the cradle of the Assad clan

The director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdel Rahmane, said that “134 Alawite civilians, including at least 13 women and five children, were executed by the security forces in the regions of Banyas, Lattaquié and Jablé”, During a vast operation in northwest of Syria against fighters loyal to ex-president Bashar Al Assad, … Read more