The Economist21h
A short history of Syria, in maps
In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged ...
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Spain raises flag at Damascus embassy after 12-year closure
Spain raised its flag at Madrid's Damascus embassy Thursday, in the presence of its top diplomat more than a decade after ...
Residents of Syria’s Quneitra are frustrated by lack of action to halt Israeli advance
The presence of Israeli troops who entered a U.N. buffer zone on the border with Syria following the fall of President Bashar ...
Voice of America1mon
As refugees go home, families fear Syria's 'disappeared' are lost forever
Now it is the flag of Syria. Soon it is as much a protest as a procession and the crowd chants familiar slogans like “The people of Syria are one!” and less common ones, like, “The people ...
Amendments to school textbooks by Syria's new authorities draw outcry
Amendments to school textbooks by Syria's new authorities have sparked outrage from parents, educators and rights groups. The ...
RTE Online12d
Hope and joy in Syria as it enters new year without Assad
Umayyad Square in Damascus hummed to the throngs of people brandishing "revolution" flags as Syria saw in the new year with ...
The Associated Press on MSN8d
First international commercial flight since Assad’s ouster lands at Syria’s main airport
The first international commercial flight since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar Assad has landed at the Damascus ...