Assad, Syria

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 Assad’s government have killed six Islamic fighters and wounded others.
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 in an "ambush" in the west of the country. They say 10 other troops were wounded in the fighting on Tuesday near the Mediterranean port of Tartous, a stronghold of Assad's minority Alawite Muslim sect.
Syria launches crackdown in Assad stronghold after killings
Several interior ministry personnel were killed in a clash as they went to arrest an officer of the ousted Assad regime. Meanwhile Alawites across the nation protested the decimation of a holy shrine.
Former Assad forces in Syria clash with members of new government
Assad's ousted Syrian regime reportedly clashed with members of HTS, the Islamist group responsible for ending Assad's tenure. Lina Sinjab with BBC News, a CBS News partner, has more on the rising tensions.
Newsday - Soldiers killed in Syria in clashes with forces loyal to Assad - BBC Sounds
New Syrian rebel-led authorities say personnel were killed in 'an ambush'
Deadly fight erupts between security forces, Assad loyalists in Syria
Security forces stormed village in central Syria where remnants of former regime were holed up, leaving several dead on both sides.
Syria authorities launch operation in Assad stronghold
Syria's new authorities launched an operation in a stronghold of ousted president Bashar al-Assad on Thursday, with a war monitor saying three gunmen affiliated with the former government were killed.
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Assad's relatives detained at Beirut airport - AP
The wife and daughter of one of former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad's cousins have been arrested in Lebanon. They were ...
Commentary: Assad’s fall is worth celebrating, but Syria remains deeply fractured
Syrian-American Farrah Hassen writes that the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria begins a lengthy rebuilding process that will ...
Libyan official says discussed energy, migration with new Syria leader
A senior official from Libya's UN-recognised government met Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus on Saturday and ...
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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 ...
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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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.
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Assad makes first public statement after Syria ouster. What happens next for him and his wealth?
Assad claimed in the statement Monday that he had no intention of fleeing Syria for Russia and that he wanted to keep ...
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 ...
After Assad: What’s next for Syria?
Syria is in chaos. The danger to Israel and the West is that the next Syrian regime will be no friendlier than Assad was.
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 ...