Thursday’s reports of fighting between the Syrian government and Alawite militias in Latakia Governorate have exploded into what some are calling an outright insurgency, with hundreds of people killed and reports of the ruling Islamists of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham...
Heavy fighting erupted along the northern Syrian coast today, with at least 16 troops loyal to the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) government reported killed in clashes around the Alawite heartland of Jableh. Details are still emerging, but the Syrian Defense...
Since the regime change in Syria in December, Israel has carried out hundreds of airstrikes against former military targets, in addition to an ongoing ground invasion in the south. Multiple Israeli airstrikes were reported today in the northwest, in the Latakia and...
Syria’s ruling Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) has repeatedly promised an inclusive Syria that respects all of its communities. That doesn’t appear to be working out so well for the nation’s Alawite minority though, which is coming under growing attack. Over the...
