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Violent clashes between Syria's government, Assad loyalists left hundreds dead. Here's what to know

Hundreds of people were killed in Syria over four days after violent clashes between the army and loyalists of the deposed president Bashar al-Assad swept its western coastal region.

Associated Press News on MSN · 4d

Clashes in Syria between government forces and Assad loyalists kill more than 200

A war monitor says two days of clashes between Syrian security forces and gunmen loyal to former President Bashar Assad have left more than 200 people dead.

BBC · 2d

Syrian government says operation against Assad loyalists over

Syria's defence ministry says it's ended military operations in strongholds of former President Assad in which hundreds of civilians are reported to have been killed. Also: China increases tariffs on some US goods.

Yahoo · 1d

Syrian government signs deal with Kurds after week of sectarian killings

Syria’s interim government has signed a deal with the Kurdish-led authority that controls the country’s north-east negotiating a ceasefire and the merging of the area’s main US-backed forces with the Syrian army.

Syria's Surge in Violence Does Not Signal a New Civil War

Council on Foreign Relations · 7h

Syria’s Surge in Violence Does Not Signal a New Civil War—for Now

A spate of attacks involving loyalists of former ruler President Bashar al-Assad has spurred concerns of a return to sectarian warfare in Syria, but there is still a path for the country’s new

Newsweek on MSN · 1d

Syria's Civil War Takes Another Deadly, Dramatic Turn

"To be honest, the Alawites clearly ask for international protection," a former Syrian diplomat told Newsweek.

Military.com · 1d

Syria's Worst Violence in Months Reopens Wounds of the Civil War

The attack Thursday near the port city of Latakia reopened the wounds of the country’s 13-year civil war and sparked the worst violence Syria has seen since December, when insurgents led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham,

Syria, SDF and Kurdish

Associated Press News on MSN · 1d

Syria’s government signs a breakthrough deal with Kurdish-led authorities in the northeast

Syria’s interim government has announced the end of a days-long military operation against insurgents loyal to ousted president Bashar Assad and his family.

Reuters on MSN · 1d

Syria's interim president signs deal with Kurdish-led SDF to merge forces

The Kurdish-led and U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, which controls much of Syria's oil-rich northeast, signed a deal with the Damascus government on Monday to join Syria's new state institutions,

Al-Monitor · 1d

Syria's president announces deal to integrate Kurdish-led SDF into state structure

The deal to integrate the SDF into the new Syrian state could placate Turkey. The SDF and the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army, a rebel group that fought alongside HTS in the civil war, clashed in December following the overthrow of Assad. Turkey and its SNA allies began on-and-off military operations against the SDF in 2016.

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Syria’s interim president calls clashes ‘expected challenges’ as death toll tops 600

The number of people killed in clashes in Syria between government security forces and supporters of ousted former President ...

The Christian Post on MSN2d

Syria update: Christians among over 1,000 massacred amid worst atrocities since Assad's ousting

Christians and other religious minorities in Syria are sounding the alarm as more than 1,000 people have been killed since ...

Like Assad, The New Leader In Damascus Cannot Reconquer Syria By Force

Outstanding issues between Damascus, the armed Druze groups, and the SDF can likely be resolved through protracted ...

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US Military's Syria Mission 'Unchanged' as Allies Join Islamist Government

"The American role was a positive role and in the interest of Syria and the Syrians," an SDF political wing adviser told ...

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Syria's civilian deaths put at over 800 as president appeals for unity

More than 800 civilians belonging to Syria's minority religious Alawite community have been killed in Syria's worst spate of ...

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Syria’s fragile transition hit by deadly sectarian violence

Syria's fragile transition from decades of Assad family brutal rule has been greatly shaken with an outburst of sectarian ...

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