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…

On 16 September 1977, Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan secretly landed in Tangier, Morocco, to meet Egyptian Deputy Prime Minister Hasan al…

Rateb Shallah, the former president of the Damascus Chamber of Commerce, has died. He was 92. His history and that of his illustrious family tell…

Long before Hamas, Israel, and Netanyahu, Gaza was a theatre for major military operations, witnessing four major battles before the city’s final…