Among the sacred places mentioned in Islamic sources are Mecca, Sinai, and Jerusalem, but also Syria (the Shām) and ...

The Assad regime cultivated ethnic and religious divides that threaten Syria's future even after the dynasty's fall.

Hope and uncertainty fill the streets of Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad. The challenges of rebuilding are enormous ...

Families of detainees and missing Syrians protest outside the Hijaz train station in Damascus, demanding accountability for perpetrators of crimes under Assad's now-deposed government. "These people ...

With the stunning change of leadership in Syria and the end of a 50-year reign of the Assad regime, the significance of religious history in Syria shouldn't be overlooked. Most Syrians are now Muslim, ...

With Damascus falling to a broad coalition of rebels ... he “is the most recognisable of Syria’s triumphant insurgents”. However, his history as a jihadist is a cause for concern, as ...

In Syria, after 13 years of civil war, armed rebels took the capital Damascus, in a lightning advance, prompting President ...

While the country’s conflict lines have been largely stalemated since 2020, Syria’s economic woes have only multiplied in the ...

It was Day Two since Damascus was “liberated ... We can only document history and hope the victims and their families will one day find peace, justice and accountability.

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground ... killed hundreds of people near the country’s capital, Damascus, says the ordeal they experienced haunts them to ...