In the New Syria, Religious Minorities Swing Between Hope and Fear
Syria’s Islamist leaders pledged to respect religious freedom despite their radical past. Many Christians and Shiites are weighing whether to trust them.
Can Trump leverage Middle East dynamics to secure lasting peace?
The right mix of carrots and sticks and the willingness to walk away will test the secretary of state, the national security ...
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Syria monitor says 35 people executed in three days
Fighters affiliated with Syria's new Islamist leaders have carried out 35 summary executions over 72 hours, mostly of ...
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Can the US avoid a confrontation with Shi’ite and Sunni jihadists?
Suppose the United States, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and other moderate states are on the same page, acting in concert to lessen the influence of jihadists that ...
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'No mixed-gender exercises'; Samastha AP Sunni section imposes restrictions
Kozhikode: Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama (AP Sunnis) on Saturday issued new guidelines regarding exercise practices for its followers, highlighting certain conditions and restrictions. A ...
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New Orleans truck attack suspect served in US Army, was ‘born and raised’ in Texas
Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the 42-year-old Texas man accused of crashing a truck into New Year’s Day revellers in New Orleans, killing 15 and injuring dozens of people ... is a Sunni Muslim militant ...
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Trucks carrying food for besieged residents come under rocket attack in NW Pakistan
a city in the Kurram district where at least 130 people have died in recent months in clashes between rival Shiite and Sunni tribes. The mayor of Bagan, Muzammil Hussain, said the some of the ...
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100 days of solitude: Hunger, strife and despair in Parachinar
Hussain’s words were also echoed by Muneer Bangash of the Anjuman-e-Farooqia — an organisation representing the displaced Sunni people of Parachinar — who called for the implementation of ...
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A short history of Syria, in maps
In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged Assad’s rule. Tens of thousands of people were killed by the government ...
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Syria thwarts planned Islamic State attack on Shiite shrine
In 2023, a motorcycle planted with explosives detonated in Sayyida Zeinab, killing at least six people and wounding ... ruling party in the country, is a Sunni Islamist group that formerly had ...
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Is Turkey a threat to Israel?
Yet it identifies an additional threat that has made headlines in Israel. Not only might the new rebel-led Sunni regime in Syria become radicalized, but under Turkish influence, and with Turkish ...
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Syria’s once-empowered Alawite minority faces uncertain future after fall of Assad
Assad and his family are Alawite, an offshoot of Shia Islam, and the people of his former region fear the new Sunni-controlled government will target them. Leila Molana-Allen reports from Assad ...