Assad’s final ouster appeared abrupt, it had its roots in Syria’s 2011 antigovernment protests, and Syrians will now face ...

A shop owner sits inside his store in the old city market in Damascus, 9 January, 2025 ...

Most of Syria’s public art of the Assads has been torn down or defaced. At the entrance to Damascus’ main market ... sun hat who spoke about the history of violence between the neighborhood ...

Hadja Lahbib received a red carpet welcome last week when she became the first European commissioner to visit Damascus ... that the "watershed moment in Syria's history" requires the bloc to ...

During that time I came to be fascinated by the country, its history ... astonishing march from Idlib to Damascus late in 2024 brought it to power in Syria, may be in the opening stages of ...

An array of domestic and foreign powers are vying for influence in Lebanon, including the Lebanese Armed Forces, Hezbollah, ...

Michael Lavalette looks at the life and works of the Palestinian writer and activist Ghassan Kanafani and reviews two recent ...

Turkey’s long history of minority repression—from ... I looked toward the mountain separating Lebanon from Syria. I dreamed of Damascus and the vast desert beyond. Of multicultural Aleppo ...

The Fraternal Order of Police refuses to comment on Donald Trump’s massive pardons of January 6 insurrectionists, including ...

Syria’s Civil Defense has uncovered over two dozen charred bodies in two basements in rural Damascus, adding to the growing ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — A delegation of Russian officials arrived in Damascus on Tuesday for the first such visit to Syria since ...