Activists of the embattled city of  Homs have reported systematic sectarian practices by Military Intelligence and Shabiha- pro-Assad Militia- against residents who still under siege for almost one year.  ''Assad regime did not stop sectarian displacement of the population of...

  The American Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) published an Interview with Frederic Hof, former special adviser for transition in Syria at the U.S. Department of State. Titled '' The Hard Road to Syrian Peace". During the interview how dissolved an important American...

  Assad is clearly looking to exploit sectarian fault lines in his favor. Months of bloodshed have heightened sectarian tensions and ripped apart communities in ways that are reminiscent of Iraq, where violence in 2006-2007 effectively turned into real attempts at sectarian...

Set of decisions issued by the Shariah Judicial Council in Idlib, preventing, whereby, all excavations and antiquities trade, under penalty of confiscation of equipment and severe penalties against violators. According to Eqtsad,  Zaman Alwasl's fellow newspaper....