Syria’s school textbooks have come under intense scrutiny after comparisons between editions revealed altered illustrations of women, removed…
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Jordanian airstrikes that killed 10 people in southern Syria on 26 October have brought relations between Damascus and Amman to their most critical…
A deadly raid on an alleged Islamic State (IS) cell in Rankous, rural Damascus, has exposed another challenge facing Syria’s security transition. The…
The capture of Ali Kayali, also known as Mihrac Ural, was greeted with celebrations in Baniyas and other Syrian communities when it was announced on…
On 9 October, residents of the Dummar neighbourhood blocked roads to demand the cancellation of expropriation decrees, the return of their properties…
On 30 September, an explosion on gas lines feeding Syria’s Tishreen thermal power plant knocked it and two other generating stations offline…
On 25 September, Syrian authorities intercepted a shipment entering from Lebanon. Alongside 24 kilogrammes of hashish were 113 bottles of alcohol. It…
On 20 September, Syrian Energy Minister Mohammad al-Bashir entered the People’s Assembly facing a rare combination of street pressure and…
On 9 September, an explosion tore through a temporary weapons depot operated by Syria’s Defence Ministry near Sarmada in northern Idlib. The blast…
Assala Nasri has not yet taken the stage in Damascus, but her upcoming concert is already testing the boundaries of Syria’s post-Assad cultural order…
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