Allaf is a Syrian writer and communications strategist, and the author of It Started in Damascus – How the Long Syrian ...

Syria has climbed 36 places on the World Press Freedom Index since Assad’s fall. But as Syrians enjoy greater freedom of ...

DAMASCUS — On September 30, Central Bank Governor Mohammed Raslan posted on Instagram about carrying out his first Mastercard ...

Can you truly know a city you love? In this personal review of The Book of Damascus, Tam Hussein explores the hidden lives, ...

HOMS — For displaced Syrians in camps, cities and towns across northwestern Syria, the victory of the revolution with the fall of Bashar al-Assad on December 8 brought new hope: a chance, for the ...

AMMAN: The rebel government of Hay’at Tahrir a-Sham in northwest Syria is positioning itself as the only opposition authority in the region after giving its main political rival—the Syrian Interim ...

Syrian Kurds protest the introduction of Arabic-language instruction in schools, raising fears over Kurdish identity, educational rights and the fragile integration with Damascus.

SUWAYDA/DARAA — Deema Saraya, 41, sits at one end of a long table in the vestibule of her family’s home in Suwayda, southern Syria, a cracked mirror at her back. As she raises her eyes, she sees the ...

MAARAT AL-NUMAN — A spike in fuel prices has triggered days of mass protests across eight of Syria’s provinces, including Idlib, the historic stronghold of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in northwestern ...

PARIS — As Syrians take stock of one year without the Assad regime, the economy is top of mind for many, with daily discussion centered on the exchange rate of the pound, its purchasing power and ...

PARIS — The Third Legion of the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) clashed with the Hamza Division, also part of the SNA, for a third day on Wednesday, amid a deepening crisis that began on ...

QAZLACHOKH — With its low-lying mud houses surrounded by flat expanses of sprouting wheat, Qazlachokh looks like any other village in the countryside of Amuda, a town deep in Syria’s northeastern ...