Syria

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...

Despite Assad’s Downfall, Less Than 10% of Syrian Refugees Have Returned

SYRIA IN FIGURES/ 7.28.25 — More than six months after Assad’s fall, only a fraction of Syrian...

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...

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...

How Desperation Sowed the Seeds of Rebellion in Syria’s Latakia Province

NEWLINES MAGAZINE/3.17.24 — esperation among the Alawite community in the city of Latakia, Syria —...

Thousands of Alawites seek refuge in Lebanon, where locals lead the response

SYRIA DIRECT/3.14.25 — Sara (a pseudonym) wore a fuzzy rainbow jacket, her blue rubber sandals caked...

Sectarian Violence Simmers in Homs

NEWLINES MAGAZINE/3.10.25 — When he works, he goes by the pseudonym “Abu Jassem.” He keeps a small...

Syrian artists fight for a ‘free space of creation’ post-Assad

SYRIA DIRECT/3.6.25 — Down a winding, stone-gray alleyway in Damascus’s ancient city center, a small...
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