Firas Makdesi

1 week ago | japantimes.co.jp | Yamam Al Shaar |Firas Makdesi

Druze residents near Syria's capital are resisting a demand by the Islamist-led government to hand in their light weapons, saying authorities have yet to address fears of new attacks by Sunni Muslim militants after days of sectarian violence. Clashes last week pitted Sunni fighters against armed Druze residents of the town of Jaramana southeast of Damascus, later spreading to another district near the capital and then south to the predominantly Druze province of Sweida.

1 week ago | azdailysun.com | Kinda Makieh |Firas Makdesi

By Kinda Makieh and Firas MakdesiDAMASCUS (Reuters) - A violent armed raid on a Damascus nightclub last week has fuelled fears of a threat to nightlife in the Syrian capital, despite condemnation by the Islamist-led authorities. kA I>=?DlQ9EEAi^^HHH]Hb]@C8^`hhh^I9E>=Qm%96 ?6H CF=6CD 92G6 A=65865 E@ CF=6 :?4=FD:G6=J 7@C 2== $JC:2’D 5:G6CD6 C6=:8:@FD 2?5 6E9?:4 8C@FAD[ 3FE E96 492==6?86D 2C6 364@>:?8 >@C6 6G:56?E[ >@DE 6DA64:2==J D:?46 E96 <:==:?8 :?

1 week ago | usnews.com | Kinda Makieh |Firas Makdesi

By Kinda Makieh and Firas MakdesiDAMASCUS (Reuters) - A violent armed raid on a Damascus nightclub last week has fuelled fears of a threat to nightlife in the Syrian capital, despite condemnation by the Islamist-led authorities. The new rulers have pledged to rule inclusively for all Syria’s diverse religious and ethnic groups, but the challenges are becoming more evident, most especially since the killing in March of hundreds of members of the Alawite Muslim sect.

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Firas Makdesi

2 months ago | msn.com | Firas Makdesi |Kinda Makieh

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