On 1 August 1945, Syrian President Shukri al-Quwatli announced the creation of the Syrian national army from the remnants of the French Troupes…

In 1943, veteran nationalist Shukri al-Quwatli was elected president of Syria. An old friend of Saudi Arabia, his first destination was Riyadh, where…

Speaking to the Saudi channel al-Arabiya shortly after toppling Bashar al-Assad last December, Syria’s new leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, said that penning…

In late April 1955, members of the Syrian mukhabarat (intelligence agency) stormed the campus of Damascus University on the orders of military…

There is a huge misconception making the rounds that the Alawite community were a major beneficiary of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. The truth, however,…

What exactly is Bashar al-Assad’s number when it comes to the long list of Syrian presidents? The answer, quite surprisingly, is debatable, given…

Did you know that in 1922, the capital of Syria was Aleppo, not Damascus? That was during the French Mandate years in Syria's short-lived federal…

Syria is officially getting a new flag: the tri-colour of the Syrian Opposition, otherwise known as the Flag of Independence, that came along with…

It might be safe to say that every world leader who took part in Hafez al-Assad’s funeral back in 2000 was, one way or another, also blessing the…

On this day in 1947, the UN Partition Plan for Palestine—otherwise known as General Assembly Resolution 181—was passed. Diplomats thought that it…