Syria Faces Escalating Violence and Ethnic Tensions Following Regime Change

In Syria, 3 news crews shot at, assaulted while covering deadly clashes - Committee to Protect Journalists

Sulaymaniyah, March 14, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by multiple attacks on journalists reporting on Syria’s worst clashes since the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad, including bullets being fired at two news teams’ cars, with one journalist shot in the leg, and the assault and detention of a third crew.  “We are appalled by the violence meted out on multiple news crews covering Syria’s sectarian killings, which preven…

Russia says 9,000 Syrians fleeing violence have taken refuge at its Hmeimim air base

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's air base at Hmeimim in Syria is sheltering about 9,000 people seeking refuge from a wave of sectarian violence, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday.

In recent days, violence in Syria has escalated again. Supporters of the old and new regimes clashed, resulting in gruesome massacres and executions. Is a new influx of Syrian refugees causing tensions to rise here? This is discussed in Nieuws van de dag with journalist Wierd Duk and terrorism reporter Silvan Schoonhoven.

Minority sect of ousted President lives in fear as violence grips Syria’s coast

Authorities have not provided a toll, but the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor put the number of dead at 1,383 civilians, mostly Alawites. Human Rights Watch said ‘hundreds’ were killed.

Nearly 1,000 Syrians died last weekend, during an attack by supporters of the fallen President Bashar al-Assad and during the response of the new security forces. Is Syria still on the road to civil war? Perhaps not.

The Genesis of Sectarian Violence in Syria: The Fall of Assad to US

While many in Washington claim to defend Christianity and Western values, their policies have led to the systematic annihilation of some of the world's oldest Christian communities. The same politicians who posture as defenders of faith have not just turned a blind eye to the suffering of Christians in the Middle East, from Palestine’s West Bank and Gaza to Lebanon and Syria, they have chosen instead to fund their murderers.U.S. tax dollars funn…