Nada Maucourant Atallah

Transitional cabinet includes technocrats and trusted allies of Al Shara

First major overhaul of post-Assad leadership comes amid calls for more inclusive administration

Recent wave of deadly violence has revealed underlying fault lines in newly liberated country

This is the highest single-day death toll since the November ceasefire

The National spent a day with Ghanaian peacekeepers who have resumed patrols along the Israel-Lebanon border amid a precarious truce

Western diplomatic sources and Lebanese security sources warn truce might not hold at the border

At least nine have been killed in hostilities on the Bekaa Valley-Homs frontier since Sunday, including eight Syrian soldiers

During a rare media visit to a site of the recent spree of sectarian killings in the country's east, The National spoke with survivors of an attack that claimed 25 lives

Agreement includes ceasefire, citizenship rights and integration of civil and military bodies

The National spoke to eight members of the Alawite community, some confined to their homes, surrounded by intense violence, with others hiding in the woods

The UN and US condemn mass sectarian killings after more than 1,300 people, mainly civilians from the minority community, have been killed since last week

As many as 745 people reported dead since fighting erupted in the western coastal region

The 4,500 detainees of 46 nationalities are a 'ticking bomb', Kurdish-led authorities tell The National

Reports of dozens more wounded in fierce fighting

Attack is among the deadliest since Syria's new administration, led by interim President Ahmad Al Shara, took power