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NY congressman Torres asks ‘where are the protests against Syria?’

By Vered Weiss, World Israel News New York Congressman Ritchie Torres criticized anti-Israel protesters for continuing to focus on Gaza while ignoring the massacre of Alawite minorities by the Syrian government. “The new regime in Syria is massacring the Alawite minority population, leaving a death toll of more than 1,000. These mass atrocities have been […]

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Israeli FM condemns atrocities in Syria under new regime

(JNS) Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Sunday strongly condemned atrocities in Syria allegedly committed by forces loyal to the country’s new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa. In an interview with Germany’s Bild newspaper, Sa’ar criticized European leaders for their engagement with al-Sharaa. “Europeans flocked to Damascus in recent months to shake his hand, but he and […]

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Alawite Genocide in Syria as Local Journalist Says ‘Only Israel Stands by Us’

• By Baruch Yedid/TPS • (TPS-IL) — The conflict in Syria took a gruesome turn as reports emerged on Sunday of a large-scale massacre of Alawites in northern Syria. Witnesses and analysts describe an ongoing campaign of ethnic cleansing, with the Alawite minority being targeted in what some are calling a genocide. Islamists aligned with […]

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Syrian government forces withdraw from central city of Homs as insurgent offensive accelerates

(AP) — Insurgents’ stunning march across Syria accelerated Saturday with news that they had reached the suburbs of the capital and that government forces had withdrawn from the central city of Homs. The government was forced to deny rumors that President Bashar Assad had fled the country. The loss of Homs is a potentially crippling […]

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