The period from December 1 to 7, 2025, has cast a stark and troubling shadow over the areas of western and central Syria. This week was marked not by a single event, but by a relentless wave of diverse security incidents—bombings, kidnappings, targeted killings, vandalism, and armed attacks—unfurling across multiple governorates.
The Western Syria Development Organization (WSD) has issued an official legal statement in response to the inaccurate allegations published by Reuters on December 5, 2025, which claimed the organization has improper funding connections. The statement was explicit and decisive in refuting these claims and defending the organization's reputation and humanitarian mission.
In the coastal city of Tartous, a 70-year-old man's struggle to make ends meet as a taxi driver nearly cost him his life yesterday, not for political reasons, but simply for being born Alawite.
Under the explicit directive of Ahmed al-Shar', the head of the de facto authority in Syria, rallies spread across most provinces under his control, including Damascus, Daraa, Idlib, and other cities. These demonstrations, which emerged to celebrate the anniversary of the so-called "Operation to Repel Aggression," were framed under slogans of national unity and the rejection of partition schemes. However, the reality on the ground told a completely different story—one of forced participation, blatant sectarian incitement, and a dubious manipulation of public sentiment.
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Western Syria Development Organization Syria today sounded the alarm over a series of violent attacks carried out over the last seventy-two hours in the city of Homs, where armed bands operating under the protection of the Jolani regime conducted what witnesses have described as pogrom-style assaults on Alawite and Christian neighborhoods, as well as in Latakia, Baniyas, and Tartous.
LATAKIA, Syria, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Syrian security forces used gunfire on Tuesday to break up two rival groups of demonstrators in the coastal town of Latakia, heartland of the country's Alawite minority, witnesses and officials said.
In a significant development with potential to transform Syria's complex social fabric, cities and towns across central and western Syria witnessed large-scale peaceful demonstrations on November 25, 2025. Dubbed the "Peaceful Alawite Uprising," these protests, centered in the governorates of Homs, Tartus, Lattakia, and Hama, represent a pivotal moment stemming from calls within the Alawite community itself to end the violence perpetrated by the de facto authority against religious minorities and to pursue radical political restructuring.
Syria is currently witnessing a systematic sectarian escalation that threatens to tear apart its social fabric. The wave of violence targeting religious communities is expanding from Homs to Damascus and Lattakia, painting a grim picture of a danger that threatens the entire country.
The 2025 massacres against Alawites, Druze, and Christians shattered the trust of minorities in the new Syrian regime. Despite his denials, Ahmad al-Sharaa finds it difficult to separate himself from the atrocities committed by HTS. Caught between revenge-fueled sectarianism, social hostility, and the fear of decline, Syria is once again trapped in a cycle of exclusion and exodus.
Les massacres commis contre les alaouites début mars 2025 ont causé la mort de plusieurs milliers de personnes. Une cartographie des massacres permet de mieux comprendre les raisons des commanditaires et le déroulé des opérations.
The West claims it wants to rebuild Syria. To see peace, reconstruction, and refugees returning home. Yet, paradoxically, it chooses to deal with a man the U.S. itself lists as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist — Abu Mohammad al-Jolani. This contradiction lies at the heart of one of the most dangerous illusions in modern diplomacy: that extremism can be “managed,” and that a man who once led al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria can somehow become a legitimate political actor simply by changing his clothes and vocabulary.
On Veterans Day—when Americans honor those who died fighting jihadist terror—the nation watched in disbelief as a jihadist warlord walked into the Oval Office. Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, former commander of Jabhat al-Nusra—Al-Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate—stood in the White House receiving a presidential handshake. Until December, the U.S. offered $10 million for his capture. Now he was treated as a statesman.
