Asharq Al-Awsat on MSN6d
Toufic Sultan Recalls to Asharq Al-Awsat Mutual Hatred between Hafez al-Assad and Yasser Arafat
Journalists sometimes hear shocking statements—ones they lock away in their memory, fearing their repercussions. Some are too ...
Asharq Al-Awsat on MSN5d
Toufic Sultan: Kamal Jumblatt Was not Impressed by Assad or his Likes
After the 1973 war, former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad realized that reclaiming the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights ...
‘Do not leave any Alawites alive’: call to prevent genocide in Syria
A 19th-century Sunni sheik, Ibrahim al-Maghribi, decreed that Muslims might freely take Alawite property and lives, and a ...
Global Voices3d
After Assad: Sectarian violence and the struggle for Syria’s future
Syria’s new leadership faces allegations of mass killings, as Alawite communities endure field executions and mass ...
In Baniyas, Syria, a Sunni man who saved Alawites from a massacre speaks: 'We acted out of simple humanity'
In a district of Baniyas, executions perpetrated against Alawites by Sunni factions caused around 100 deaths. A man in his ...
Syria's infernal cycle of revenge: 'I don't trust men from my own community'
After the killings targeting the Alawite community, Syrian society is struggling to extricate itself from the crimes of the ...
The Independent on MSN4d
Turkish top officials make sudden trip to Damascus after Syria's deal with Kurdish-led group
Al-Tatari was imprisoned under the rule of Syrian presidents Hafez al-Assad and later Bashar al-Assad. He had been detained ...
The Morung Express6d
The Third Eye: Middle East remains the cause of serious global concerns
Bashar had inherited the legacy of his father Hafez Al Assad, whose regime was opposed by the Muslim Brotherhood much to the ...