LATAKIA, Syria (AP) — Clashes broke out on the coast of Syria on Sunday between demonstrators from the Alawite religious minority and counter-demonstrators, two days after a bombing in an Alawite mosque in the city of Homs killed eight people and wounded 18 others during prayers. Thousands of protesters gathered in the coastal cities of … Read more
On December 13, a joint US-Syrian patrol was ambushed by a member of Syria’s own security forces near Palmyra, a city in central Syria once controlled by the ISIL (ISIS) group. Two American soldiers and an interpreter they were shot dead, and four people were wounded, before Syrian forces killed the gunman. After the attack, … Read more
BEIRUT (AP) — A man who carried out an attack in Syria that killed three American citizens had joined Syria’s internal security forces as a base security guard two months earlier and was recently reassigned amid suspicions he may be affiliated with the Islamic State group, a Syrian official told The Associated Press Sunday. Saturday’s … Read more
It has been a year since a lightning offensive by allied rebel groups led to the fall of Damascus, ending the 54-year reign of the al-Assad dynasty. However, as the regime fell, Israel seized on the instability by significantly escalating its military campaign in Syria, targeting much of its neighbors’ military infrastructure, including major airports, … Read more