What happens when leaders have loyalists in charge of men with guns: Lessons from authoritarian countries
In what's been called a "Friday night massacre" at the Pentagon, President Donald Trump removed six top generals or admirals ...
Syrian government loyalists accused of executing civilians as violence erupts
Armed men loyal to the Syrian government carried out field executions and spoke of purifying the country, according to ...
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Fierce clashes erupt between Assad loyalists and government forces in western Syria
Syria witnessed the most intense and bloodiest clashes between the new Syrian government and Bashar al Assad loyalists since ...
Are the purges, appointment of loyalists, the foundation for a coup? Audrey Cielinski Kessler
The upheaval, fear and trepidation that President Donald Trump and Elon Musk have inflicted on the country, the government ...
More Than 140 Killed in Clashes Between Syrian Forces and Assad Loyalists
Two days of fighting along the Mediterranean coast were among the bloodiest battles since rebels ousted the dictator Bashar ...
Assad loyalists kill at least 13 police officers in ambush on Syrian forces in coastal town
The attack came as tensions in Syria ’s coastal region between former President Bashar Assad’s minority Alawite sect and ...
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Violent clashes between Syria's government, Assad loyalists left hundreds dead. Here's what to know
Hundreds of people were killed in Syria over four days after violent clashes between the army and loyalists of the deposed president Bashar al-Assad swept its western coastal region. What began ...
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Syrian government loyalists accused of executing civilians as violence erupts
Armed men started heading en masse to Latakia and Tartous on Thursday night after reports of attacks by Assad loyalists against Syria’s new government forces stationed in the Alawite cities.
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What happens when leaders have loyalists in charge of men with guns: Lessons for the US from Nicaragua, Syria and other authoritarian countries
Such coordinated personnel changes – firing Pentagon lawyers, appointing loyalists to lead the FBI and selecting Trump’s personal bodyguard to lead a security service – are consistent with a ...