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In northeastern Syria, artists fight to preserve a cultural renaissance

SYRIA DIRECT/12.2.25 — The dancers pound their feet to the heavy beat of drums. In unison, each...

Syria’s Yazidi Community Faces the Future With Concern

FORIEGN POLICY/11.28.25 — Just outside the small Yazidi village of Barzan, in northeastern Syria...

Speaking at the UN, Ahmad al-Sharaa tells an unfinished story 

SYRIA DIRECT/9.25.25 — For the first time in nearly 60 years, a Syrian president stood behind the...

Despite promises, returns from notorious Syrian camp remain rare

THE NEW HUMANITARIAN/11.12.25 — Nearly six months after a deal was struck to allow thousands of...

Dreams of Tremseh come alive as thousands return to Syrian village

SYRIA DIRECT/8.5.25 — Driving east of Hama city, toward Syria’s coastal mountains, the dry desert...

After war with Israel, Hezbollah and Lebanon’s Shia community mourn those lost and call for justice

THE NEW ARAB/7.11.25 — Groups of men clad in white rhythmically tapped the blades of their swords...

Syrian Alawites flee to Lebanon, with little aid to meet them

THE NEW HUMANITARIAN/6.4.25 — Nearly 40,000 people have fled Syria’s sectarian violence for...

The Devastation of Lebanon’s Southern Border Towns

NEWLINES MAGAZINE/5.23.25 — Many of Lebanon’s southern border villages have become ghost towns. Some...

Najwa refused to leave her village so Israeli troops shot her in her home

MIDDLE EAST EYE/4.21.25 — A son dug out his elderly mother’s tiny, black shoes from a pile of...

How Israel’s Beirut strikes underscore its ‘new rules of the game’ for Lebanon

THE NEW ARAB/4.16.25 — On 28 March, an evacuation warning from the Israeli army sent Beirut’s...

Assad is Gone, but Syrians Fear Ongoing Sectarian Violence

INKSTICK MEDIA/4.9.25 — Samir Ismail sat on his knees, his forehead on the ground and hands clasped...

Damascus may be relatively safe but cities like Homs are emerging as a microcosm of post-Assad lawlessness

THE NEW ARAB/4.1.25 — On a cold February night, a group of friends in the Syrian city of Homs...
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