Al-Monitor on MSN2h
Syrian Jews hope for revival of ancient heritage
Syria's tiny Jewish community and Syrian Jews abroad are trying to build bridges after Bashar al-Assad's ouster in the hope ...
The National on MSN2h
From Damascus suburb to presidential palace: Ahmad Al Shara's past offers rare insight into his outlook
Mammoth concrete apartment buildings line the main motorway running west out of Damascus, relics of a Soviet-style economy ...
Syria's Christians mark a decade since a horrific IS attack and worry about their future
Christians in northeast Syria this month will mark the 10th anniversary of an attack by the Islamic State group on more than ...
Many who came to Germany as migrants will vote for the first time Sunday. Here's what they hope for
More than half a million newly naturalized citizens will be able to vote in Germany’s national election for the first time ...
Middle East Eye11h
Are Arab dissidents facing a new wave of repression?
Recent extraditions between Middle Eastern states facilitated through an opaque arrest warrant system have left many ...
Altoona Mirror13h
Homecoming brings Syrian Jews hopeful to return
As Rabbi Yusuf Hamra and his son Henry were visiting Damascus this week for the first time since emigrating from Syria to the United States more than three decades ago, they were met by former ...
newarab5h
From fear to laughter, here’s how Syrian comedians are taking back the stage after Assad's downfall
After Assad’s fall, the comedians of 'Styria' perform openly in Syria, tackling corruption, criticising unjust laws, and ...
Foreign Affairs14h
In Assad’s Fall, an Echo of the Arab Spring
The regime’s collapse should also dispel at last the persistent myth that the Arab Spring was a mirage. The first wave of ...
tagtik9h
In his flight, Bashar al-Assad left behind millions of damning documents
The ex-dictator's methods are highlighted by tons of documents that weren't burned in the fall of the regime.