In Put up-Riot Syria, Lethal Violence and Big Alternative

EXPERT INTERVIEW — For the primary time because the December rebel that overthrew the regime of Bashar al-Assad, Syria has seen a spate of large-scale violence, as Assad loyalists rose up final week towards forces loyal to the insurgent motion that now governs the nation. Greater than 1,300 folks have been killed in clashes that broke out final Thursday. 

In a nationally televised speech Sunday, Ahmed al-Sharaa, the previous insurgent chief who now serves as Syria’s interim president, accused Assad’s supporters and unnamed overseas backers of fanning the violence.