The longest-serving political prisoner under the regime is now revered as a hero. ‘I was always free here,’ he declares, ...

The new authorities have made a conscious effort to calm the population — yet safety is not the same as stability.

In a two-bedroom apartment in Kingwood, Mahmoud Koseyaem sits on a red sofa. His eyes roam over the wall, only breaking to ...

The Damascus-affiliated head of security in Afrin told Rudaw that the Syrian general security forces have been deployed in ...

Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community published on March 2025, paints a grim picture of Syria’s future.

Ahmed al-Sharaa has so far downplayed Islam’s role in state-building, avoiding a choice between Salafists aligned with Hayat ...

The road to Syria was a breeze. The taxi driver, one passenger and I drove through the charming Lebanese-Armenian town of ...

The Syrian Interior Ministry announced the agreement on Tuesday, confirming that Kurdish forces will withdraw from both ...

The ousted Assad dictatorship kept lists of millions of wanted people. Now, Syrians are openly asking whether they “have a ...

Of the more than 60,000 businesses in the sector, once one of Syria's most productive and the pride of the city, only 10% are ...

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A skateboard inscribed with an Armenian folk song. Kim Kardashian in Aleppo’s souqs. Stephany Sanossian’s mixed media fever ...