"What happened in Syria has, in reality, surpassed the killing and destruction left by the hordes of Hulagu in the Levant (the Mongol conqueror of…

Weeks after the French withdrawal from Syria in April 1946, a group of parliamentarians submitted a memorandum to then-Speaker Saadallah al-Jabri,…

In early January 1975, Syrian President Hafez al-Assad visited the Lebanese border town of Chtoura to meet his Lebanese counterpart, Suleiman…

US President Donald Trump’s announcement of his desire to establish a "Middle Eastern Riviera" in Gaza sparked a wave of criticism across the Islamic…

On this day in 1949, a group of soldiers stormed the home of Syria’s constitutionally elected president, Shukri al-Quwatli, nestled in the tranquil…

Eighty years ago today, the charter of the Arab League was signed, marking the birth of an organisation aimed at fostering cooperation among Arab…

In a diplomatic report sent from the US Embassy in Damascus to the State Department in Washington DC on 10 September 1946, a diplomat named "Mattison…

Ever since the Ba’ath Party took power on 8 March 1963, Syrians have been forced to celebrate the day. This year, for the first time in over six…

When the world-renowned architect Kenzo Tange designed the Syrian Presidential Palace in 1979—often referred to as the People's Palace—he envisioned…

Towards the end of World War I, Emir Faisal Ibn al-Hussein entered Damascus, liberating it from 400 years of Ottoman rule. The people of the city…