I would scream in my sleep: Women from Syria's Alawite minority tell of kidnap and rape

The BBC hears harrowing accounts of assaults appearing to target the sect of former President Assad.
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Behind closed doors: Abduction and assault of Syria’s Alawite women

A spokesperson for the Ministry of Interior, Nour al-Din al-Baba, stated that the disappearances ranged from “voluntary elopement with a romantic partner” to “temporary absence at friends’ or ...

Syria’s Transition Is Driving Its Minorities Out | Opinion

A country in transition is judged by who feels able to stay.

Israel's national security dependent on supporting Kurdish cause, Kurdish leader says

“National security is achieved only through support for the cause. We are talking about a new Middle East with four key countries: Syria, Iraq, Turkey, and Iran. The Kurds are in all of them." ...

The Damascus book fair draws crowds, with censorship eased in post-Assad Syria

Abdul-Razzaq Ahmad Saryoul began publishing books in Syria in 2003 but he used to abstain from participating in the annual ...