In the Turkmen mountains in northwestern Syria, humanitarian workers who have become the new Syrian Civil Defense are ...

It’s a rebellion of collective memory that resurfaces as images in Cunha’s curated exhibition ‘Retratistas do Morro’ at ...

The interior of Mar Elias Church in Dweila, a poor Christian neighbourhood of Damascus, lies in ruins. Religious icons have been knocked to the ground, a mix of blood and ash covers the floor, and ...

As Soviet tanks rolled into Budapest in 1956, a wave of refugees spread across the continent seeking safety. One of those was ...

Shia Muslims commemorate Ashura to honour the martyrdom of Hussein. In Lebanon, the Shia community unites in the face of ...

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Sharaa's leadership, the new Syrian government has waged a brutal suppression campaign against minority Alawite and Christian ...

Syrian President Bashar Assad's ouster brings to a close nearly 25 years of his tight-grip rule during a brutal regime.

President Donald Trump made good on a promise to end sanctions on Syria, but US officials kept some names, including shipping ...

Shiite rituals for Ashoura in Damascus have drastically changed after the fall of Syria's former President Bashar Assad ...

The Council imposed restrictive measures on five persons responsible for serious human rights violations and abuses in Syria, including supporting the use of chemical weapons under the al-Assad regime ...

On May 23, 2025, approximately five months after the Assad regime was overthrown, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of ...