Loubna Mrie's candid and absorbing memoir, 'Defiance,' is a stark reminder of the corruptions of power, the uncertainties of revolution and the frequent viciousness of human nature.

Syrian TV drama series, once a hallmark of cultural expression under Assad's regime, are reemerging post-war. Creatives are reuniting to tackle previously censored topics, despite new challenges in ...

Syria’s well-known TV dramas are returning to Ramadan screens as the industry tries to rebuild after years of war and the ...

Now back in Damascus, he appears in the web series “Al-Meqaad al-Akheer” ("The Last Seat"), a social drama airing during ...

Ramadan in the Arab world is a time of fasting and prayer, but it brings another beloved tradition: the much-anticipated TV drama series shot each year to ...

It's been a little over a year since the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria ended a 14-year civil war. More than 1.3 million Syrians have returned home since then, according to the UN refugee agency, ...

The refusal to repatriate women and children—all Australian citizens—trapped in Syrian concentration camps constitutes a historic assault on the core democratic right of citizenship, without which no ...

A Syrian prison warden screams at a group of chained, crouching inmates in a harrowing scene from one of several Ramadan ...

At a military base in northeast Syria, Roksan Mohammed recalled joining the battle against Islamic State group jihadists. Now ...

By driving the Kurds out of northeastern Syria, the central government has regained control over all of the country's oil resources. However, given the poor condition of the wells, damaged by fighting ...

Asharq Al Awsat Ramadan in the Arab world is a month of fasting and prayer by day — and television by night. For decades, families have gathered after the iftar, the evening meal that breaks the ...

The U.S. is planning to withdraw its remaining 1,000 troops from Syria over the next two months, U.S. officials told CBS News, ending a roughly decade-long presence there.