The Economist1d
A short history of Syria, in maps
In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged ...
Syria’s dwindling Jewish community can return to one of the world’s oldest synagogues
After 13 years of civil war, Syria’s dwindling Jewish community can return to the Jobar Synagogue in Damascus, one of the ...
The Tablet7d
Rebuilding Damascus – the liberation of Syria
With the future of the city in the balance, a cultural historian looks past the corruption, violence and trauma of recent ...
Montgomery Community Media7d
Damascus Museum Showcases Town’s 200-Year History
Damascus started as a dairy farm town with segregated one and two room schoolhouses where many people earned their living as blacksmiths, carriage makers, peddlers, ice harvesters, milk deliverers ...
Vanished without a trace: Inside the desperate search for US citizens disappeared in Syria
Bel Trew joins those searching Damascus and other sites across the country for journalist Austin Tice and other American citizens who went missing under the brutal regime of Bashar al-Assad ...
New York Post26d
Jaw-dropping moment Syrian translator finds anguished message written by his missing relative on wall of Damascus prison
The jaw-dropping footage shows Mohammad al-Shebli inside one of the Damascus prisons with the Wall Street Journal as he translates the words of despair, hope, and faith scribbled along the walls ...
The Independent21d
A Syrian family recounts the horrors of the 2013 chemical attack near Damascus
Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today. From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The ...