Syria has climbed 36 places on the World Press Freedom Index since Assad’s fall. But as Syrians enjoy greater freedom of ...

Allaf is a Syrian writer and communications strategist, and the author of It Started in Damascus – How the Long Syrian ...

DAMASCUS — On September 30, Central Bank Governor Mohammed Raslan posted on Instagram about carrying out his first Mastercard ...

Can you truly know a city you love? In this personal review of The Book of Damascus, Tam Hussein explores the hidden lives, ...

AMMAN: The rebel government of Hay’at Tahrir a-Sham in northwest Syria is positioning itself as the only opposition authority in the region after giving its main political rival—the Syrian Interim ...

Syrian Kurds protest the introduction of Arabic-language instruction in schools, raising fears over Kurdish identity, educational rights and the fragile integration with Damascus.

KILIS — On a sunny spring morning, three women gathered in the courtyard of Kareemat, a women-led peacebuilding organization in Kilis, a southern Turkish city just five kilometers from the Syrian ...

MARSEILLE, JENDERES — In the predawn darkness of February 6, 2023, the earth convulsed. A 7.8-magnitude earthquake in northwestern Syria and southeastern Turkey, followed by thousands of aftershocks, ...

PARIS — Last week, internationally sanctioned Syrian businessman Muhammad Saber Hamsho completed a financial settlement with the country’s new government, a step he described as “opening a new chapter ...

When President Emmanuel Macron returned 23 Syrian artifacts in July, the gesture went far beyond diplomacy. It was a recognition that antiquities had become symbols of the country’s attempt to reclaim ...

IDLIB — Ten kilometers from the northern Idlib city of Maarat Misrin, the road bends sharply, curving around an abyss: the al-Hebat quarry. Few dare approach the edge of the chasm, which plunges 60 ...

MAARAT AL-NUMAN — A spike in fuel prices has triggered days of mass protests across eight of Syria’s provinces, including Idlib, the historic stronghold of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in northwestern ...