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Assad's 'Asshole' Cousin Arrested in Syria After Alleged Road Rage Murder
Suleiman al-Assad allegedly shot a colonel in an act of road rage, triggering rare protests in a city known to be loyal to the regime.
Road Rage Killing by Assad’s 'Total Asshole' Cousin Triggers Protests in Syria
Key allies of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad took to the streets after his relative killed a high-ranking army officer who "overtook him at a crossroads."
Hanging Out with the Sunni Warlords Who've Seized Control of Tripoli
Lebanon's religious vigilantes are trapped in ghettos with their guns.
"Tripoli Is Crying": Lebanon's Second City Is On the Brink of Battle
Conflicts between those who support Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and those who back the rebels in Syria are always on the verge of breaking out, and tensions are particularly high in the aftermath of an August terrorist attack.
A Syrian Proxy War Is Being Fought in Tripoli
Clashes between Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen are nothing new, yet they have started clashing more regularly since the the uprising in neighboring Syria. This has only served to fuel speculation that what's going on in Tripoli is not just linked to...
I Left My Family for the Free Syrian Army
When civil war broke out last March, Loubna Mrie was persuaded by friends to smuggle bullets for the rebels of the Free Syrian Army in Damascus.