AFP on MSN3d
At Damascus opera house, hopes for a better future
To applause, percussionist Bahjat Antaki took the stage with Syria's national symphony orchestra, marking the first classical ...
Al-Monitor10d
Books banned under Assad now on sale at Damascus shops
Books recounting torture in Syrian prisons or texts on radical Islamic theology now sit openly in Damascus bookstores, no ...
AFP on MSN3d
Damascus opera house welcomes first concert since ouster of al-Assad
Syria's national symphony orchestra takes to the stage for its first concert at Damascus opera house since Bashar al-Assad's ouster. After Islamist-led rebels ousted Assad on December 8, the orchestra ...
Public Radio International1d
Syria’s national symphony plays 1st concert since the fall of Assad
Syria’s national symphony orchestra performed last week at the Damascus opera house. As hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler explain, musicians and audiences alike expressed relief that the arts are ...
Russian government delegation makes first official visit to Syria since Assad's fall
It is the first such delegation to visit Syria since the fall of former President Bashar Assad, an ally of Moscow, in ...
AI Alarabiya10d
Books banned under al-Assad now on sale at Damascus shops in Syria
Books recounting torture in Syrian prisons or texts on radical theology now sit openly in Damascus ... years inside Syria’s infamous Tadmur prison. Another is My Aunt’s House—an expression ...