Iran dreamed up a U.S.-style Marshall Plan to rebuild Syria after the civil war. It invested billions to build influence ...

Huge projects were stymied early by corruption, sanctions and money problems, and the plans went spectacularly wrong with the ...

In his later years, Vital relocated to Damascus ... and cultural diversity in the Middle East." The desecration of Jewish heritage sites has been an ongoing concern in Syria, where war and ...

Turkmens have been an integral part of Syrian society for centuries and are waiting to play a significant role in rebuilding ...

DAMASCUS (Reuters) — Iran had a grand plan for Syria – taken right from the ... the Sayyeda Zeinab shrine, and a nearby cultural center, are a mix of contracts, plans, proselytising and ...

Iran had a grand plan for Syria ... Iranian embassy in Damascus, a hotel for Iranian engineers and workers adjoining the Sayyeda Zeinab shrine, and a nearby cultural center, are a mix of ...

They dream of Camembert in Damascus. After 12 years in Syria, this small community still speaks French and barely any Arabic. They dress like youths from Nice’s Ariane neighborhood, not like ...

Its primary base of operations against the Syrian dictator Bashar Assad was the Syrian capital Damascus ... Center for Media and Freedom of ExpressionImage: SCM 'Too early' to judge cases in Syria?

Sharaa is seen as a stabilising figure in a chaotic transition, someone who filled the post-Assad vacuum when no other credible authority could The View from Damascus ... parts of northeastern Syria.

where he initially studied Arabic and Islam at St. Joseph’s University in Beirut before moving to Damascus for further studies. Further reading: Tomorrow’s Syria must integrate its neglected ...