A country too dangerous to visit is one I can’t wait to return to
As Mark Twain wrote, Damascus “measures time not by days and months and years, but by the empires she has seen rise and ...
Lost for 13,000 Years, Scientists Have Finally Decoded This Ancient 3D Map
Researchers have discovered what may be the world’s oldest 3D map, located within a quartzitic sandstone megaclast in the ...
Hundreds of civilians killed in Syria as clashes erupt in former Assad strongholds
The reported fighting in the capital, Damascus, and the second city of Aleppo were the first such clashes there since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime.
Syria’s Druze seek a place in a changing nation, navigating pressures from the government and Israel
Syria’s Druze minority is trying to navigate a new, uncertain Syria. Members of the small religious sect find themselves ...
KOB 45d
2 days of clashes and revenge killings in Syria leave more than 600 people dead
A Syrian war monitor says the death toll from two days of clashes between security forces and loyalists to ousted Syrian ...
The New York Times14d
As Ramadan Nears, Syrians Feel the Pinch of a Cash Shortage
The situation is putting a damper on a typically festive season. Shopping in a market in Old Damascus ahead of Ramadan this week.Credit... Supported by By Raja Abdulrahim Photographs by Kiana ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org15d
Syrian Jews return to Damascus for the first time in decades, hoping to build bridges
Syrian Jews return to Damascus for the first time in decades ... "Ach, ach, ach," said the 77-year-old, dressed in a white shirt and black suit as he stepped gingerly into what had been a center ...
WAMC15d
Syrian Jews return to Damascus for the first time in decades, hoping to build bridges
Rabbi Yusuf Hamra smells a citrus fruit with former neighbors in Old Damascus. "The scent of Damascus was orange blossoms and jasmine," said his son Henry. The Syrian president sent a key advisor ...