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Syria's New Constitutional Declaration: A Blend of Tradition and Progress
Syria's new constitutional declaration maintains Islamic law as central during a transitional period under President Ahmed al ...
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Syria’s Surge in Violence Does Not Signal a New Civil War—for Now
A spate of attacks involving loyalists to former ruler President Bashar al-Assad has spurred concerns of a return to ...
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Syria's Constitutional Declaration: Preserving Tradition and Freedom
Syria's new constitutional declaration, announced by interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa, maintains Islamic jurisprudence as the primary legal foundation while ensuring freedom of opinion and expression ...
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Celebrate Ramadan in Zaatari, the world’s largest Syrian refugee camp
Karen Fisher, field researcher with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, shares stories of Ramadan at Zaatari — the world's ...
How do Syria’s Islamists view culture? Unlike Taliban, they see art as ‘part of humanity’
When new rulers with jihadi roots took power in Damascus, artists, singers and dancers held their breath. They can relax, the ...
The last good days in Syria before a new nightmare began
When I interviewed Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Damascus on Feb. 27, neither one of us knew ...
Syrian Forces Deployed in Majority-Druse Town After Clash
An uneasy calm prevailed in the town on the outskirts of Damascus on Sunday, two days after a gunfight between local men and ...