Report documents devastation of ancient city of Palmyra, a World Heritage Site, after the fall of the Assad regime
Palmyra is one of the most famous sites in Syria for its extraordinary heritage and archaeological remains. Inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1980, the city saw much of its heritage destroyed ...
Syria’s mass graves: Accounting for the dead and disappeared is crucial for the nation to heal
(THE CONVERSATION) Shortly after the fall of Bashar Assad in Syria in December 2024, reports emerged of mass graves being uncovered in liberated areas.
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Trump’s foreign aid freeze forces health clinics in a vulnerable region of Syria to close
In the town of Sarmada in northern Syria, Dr. Mohammad Fares unlocked a clinic that once bustled with patients. Now it's ...
‘Everything is better than before’: How Syria is reopening to tourists
Syria’s status as a classic Middle East tourist definition was shredded by civil war. Visitors are now beginning to return, ...
Lebanon’s Returnees Find a Homeland Battered and in Need of Their Help
Some who left the country in successive waves of emigration have felt drawn back to aid recovery efforts after the bloody and ...
Will classical music still have a place in Syria? First concert since Assad’s ousting held
The concert was a way of saying "we are here and able to produce art" despite years of devastating civil war, Antaki said ...
AP PHOTOS: A tour through northeastern Syria in a moment of uncertainty
An Apache helicopter patrolled the outskirts of the city of Hassakeh as a heavily loaded pickup truck, filled with displaced ...
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Assad cousin notorious for role in suppressing protests in Syria arrested
The Assad dynasty’s autocratic rule in Syria was marked by decades of fighting, bloodshed and oppressive political crackdown. All parties to the war carried out unlawful attacks, killing ...
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Protests and bloodshed at Tishreen Dam, the Syrian war’s last faultline
Residents of Kobani arrive in the town centre before making their way to Tishreen Dam where they are staging a sit-in against Turkish intervention in northern Syria, 25 January 2025 (Andrew Waller ...
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Syria's first female football coach hoping for new era
Maha Janoud spent years working in Syrian ... before leaving the country. After the toppling of Bashar Assad, she is hopeful for the future of Syria, its women and women's sports. Since Syria's ...