The Syrian Ministry of Health announced the death of a 17-year-old and the treatment of approximately 260 individuals following stampede and suffocation incidents during the “Liberation Anniversary” ...

An essay by Jafar al-‘Alouni examines how the relationship between the Alawites, the state, and Syrian society was shaped. For half a century, Syria’s Alawites have lived inside an identity fashioned ...

The Commission noted that while many Syrians commemorate the fall of the former regime in various regions, others live under renewed security threats. The Independent International Commission of ...

Syria’s first post-Assad year closes with an impressive portfolio of diplomatic achievements, many argue, secured at the cost of domestic stagnation. From the first official statements issued by the ...

Technologies that in other nations are deployed to protect citizens or combat organized crime were twisted into instruments of repression. In the final years of Bashar al-Assad’s rule, Syria was not ...

Noureddine al-Baba stressed that the act was purely criminal in nature and devoid of any sectarian motive, according to Syria TV. At a press conference held in Homs on Wednesday, Brigadier General ...

Most of the arrested served as physicians and military judges at the notorious Tishreen Military Hospital in Damascus, Shaam writes. The long arm of transitional justice reached Syria’s coastal ...

Dozens of factories have shuttered in the face of cheaper imports, al-Hal writes. One year into the seismic upheavals of the so-called “Liberation Phase”, Syria’s economy stands at a crossroads—caught ...

Outcry has swept across social media as Syrians report being barred from leaving the country at border crossings, the result of long-dormant security directives dating back to the former Assad regime.

The Minister of Economy and Industry, Nidal al-Shaar, has issued a decree establishing the Syrian-Chinese Business Council. This marks a deliberate step towards strengthening economic ties between ...

The departure of Christians cannot be viewed as an internal matter alone. It signals the erosion of centuries-old cultural bridges between East and West, and the loss of a vital interlocutor in ...

In a declaration of steadfast resolve, Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Katz has asserted that Israeli forces will remain firmly entrenched atop Mount Hermon and continue their vigilant oversight of what ...