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Recent wave of deadly violence has revealed underlying fault lines in newly liberated country
This is the highest single-day death toll since the November ceasefire
The National spent a day with Ghanaian peacekeepers who have resumed patrols along the Israel-Lebanon border amid a precarious truce
Western diplomatic sources and Lebanese security sources warn truce might not hold at the border
At least nine have been killed in hostilities on the Bekaa Valley-Homs frontier since Sunday, including eight Syrian soldiers
During a rare media visit to a site of the recent spree of sectarian killings in the country's east, The National spoke with survivors of an attack that claimed 25 lives
Agreement includes ceasefire, citizenship rights and integration of civil and military bodies
The National spoke to eight members of the Alawite community, some confined to their homes, surrounded by intense violence, with others hiding in the woods
The UN and US condemn mass sectarian killings after more than 1,300 people, mainly civilians from the minority community, have been killed since last week
As many as 745 people reported dead since fighting erupted in the western coastal region
The 4,500 detainees of 46 nationalities are a 'ticking bomb', Kurdish-led authorities tell The National
Reports of dozens more wounded in fierce fighting
Attack is among the deadliest since Syria's new administration, led by interim President Ahmad Al Shara, took power
After being put on hold for months, funeral processions have resumed as mourners flock to their villages to bury their dead
Announcement of the PKK’s dissolution might ease tensions between Turkey and Kurdish-led administration