Comics had already been trying to foster stand-up in Syria before Bashar al-Assad’s fall. Now, they are telling jokes in a ...

Maaloula is one of the world's few places where residents still speak Aramaic, the language that Jesus is believed to have ...

The city can finally mourn the tens of thousands of victims of Hafez al-Assad and the massacre he ordered 40 years ago.

More than 1,000 Syrians died in detention at a military airport on the outskirts of Damascus, killed by execution, torture or ...

Idlib offers a glimpse of what Syria’s new leaders can create—though it came at a price.

Their routines included standard comedy fare — religion, sex and the pressure to get married — but the biggest punchline of ...

The commander of the Kurdish-led forces that control northeastern Syria said that a call by the leader of the militant ...

Assad's regime was widely celebrated across Syria, but also in neighbouring countries that have been home to millions of Syrian refugees for more than a decade.

Abdullah Ocalan, the Kurdish militant leader jailed by Turkey who called on Thursday for his Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to ...

European legislators have decided to ease certain sanctions against Syrian Arab Airlines, following the collapse of the ...

Drafting a new constitution is only part of Syria’s transition from dictatorship. Mr Sharaa’s predecessor exposed the limits ...

Since the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024, social protection in Syria has undergone rapid and profound changes. These are examined in a Briefing Paper based on background reports by ...