When Israel invaded Syria in December, it announced the intention to remain at Mount Hermon, along the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) region on the Syrian side of the border, through 2025. That appears to have been just the start, as Israel has taken more...
Report: US Encouraged Kurds To Sign Deal With HTS-Led Syrian Government
The US encouraged the Kurdish-led SDF to sign a deal with the new Syrian government led by the al-Qaeda offshoot Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, Reuters reported on Wednesday. The leader of the SDF and Syria's de facto leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa (formerly known as Abu Mohammad...
Syria Military Operation Over, But Killing of Alawite Civilians Continues
Syria’s Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) declared their military operation against the Alawites over on Monday morning, but the execution of Alawite civilians has not halted. The number of civilians executed before Monday has also been rising further as more are counted. At...
US-Backed Kurds Reach Deal To Merge With HTS-Led Syrian Government
On Monday, the US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) signed a deal to merge into the new Syrian government, which is led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, an offshoot of al-Qaeda. The deal was signed between SDF chief Mazloum Abdi and Syria's de-facto leader,...
Syria’s HTS Say Security Operation Against Alawites Over, More Than 1,300 Killed
Starting on Thursday, the Syrian Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s (HTS) brutal anti-Alawite crackdown raged throughout the weekend, with in excess to 1,300 people killed, more than 1,000 of them civilians by some accountings. The HTS government has declared the operations over....
Israel Condemns Syria Government as ‘al-Qaeda Terrorists,’ Demands Global Denunciation
After a weekend of fighting between the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) government and Alawite militias in northwestern Syria, and the subsequent massacres of Alawite civilians that left well over 1,000 people dead, Israel is expressing newfound outrage against...
Over Ten Thousand Syrian Alawites Flee Into Northern Lebanon After Massacres
There were hopes in Lebanon that the restoration of calm after the ouster of President Bashar Assad in Syria would mean that the large numbers of Syrian refugees living in Lebanon would return home. Some of that started to happen, but now a new influx of new refugees...
Over 1,300 Reported Killed, Mostly Civilians, as HTS Syrian Forces Attack, Execute Alawites
Last updated Sunday 3/9/25 7:43 PM EDT The situation in northwestern Syria continues to spiral out of control this weekend, as the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) has been surging forces into the Alawite homelands in the Latakia and Tartus Governorates, clashing...
Hundreds Killed in Syria’s Northwest in Fighting, Mass Executions
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...
16 Syrian Troops Killed Amid Heavy Fighting With Alawite Militias
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...