In congratulatory calls with foreign leaders, President-elect Joe Biden recently told his soon-to-be counterparts that “America is back. We’re going to be …
Turkey says France must change stance on Syria operations to improve ties
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday Turkey could normalise ties with France but Paris must change its stance over Turkey’s military operations in Syria. Turkey has repeatedly traded …
FM Shah Mehmood Qureshi to leave for UAE today
Development comes days after the UAE stopped issuing new visas to citizens of 13 mostly Muslim-majority countries including Pakistan, Turkey, Afghanistan, Iran, and Syria …
Lives Lost: Doctor chose to stay, work in war-torn Syria
Dr. Adnan Jasem had every reason to leave war-torn Syria after surviving a bomb blast that broke his legs four years ago and receiving job offers from abroad. Still, Jasem stayed, …
Israel-Lebanon negotiations: Is the maritime border the issue at stake?
Israel and many (Gulf) Sunni nations have aligned with each other against the greater threat of Iran and its proxies (e.g., Lebanon/Hezbollah, Syria, and Yemen) to counter their destabilizing effect …
Syrian Settled in Croatia Acts as a Bridge to Recent Refugees
With his native Arabic and long experience of living in Croatia, Syrian-born Mazen Al Ahmed was able to help refugees arriving in 2015.
Tarab: Syria’s key to finding happiness
For hundreds of years, a haunting style of folk music said to leave listeners in an ecstatic, trance-like state has flourished in Aleppo.
France’s ‘most wanted woman’ is jailed along with 13 others over the 2015 Charlie Hebdo terror attack after she helped plan the atrocity then fled to join ISIS in Syria
Hayat Boumeddiene, wife of jihadi gunman Amedy Coulibaly, was among 14 people found guilty Wednesday over attacks on Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish supermarket in January 2015.
Syria’s Woman of Hope | Close Up
Meet the man teaching Syria’s lost generation. UN report says in 2019 alone, almost 1.9 million people were displaced in Syria. Three doctors and nurse are first cases to contract COVID19 amid fears …
Feature: Palestinian artist salvages paintings from studio’s rubble at refugee camp in Syria
Rakoui carries a painting at Yarmouk Camp in the south of Damascus, Syria, on Nov. 26, 2020. (Xinhua/Ammar Safarjalani) “My visit to the Yarmouk Camp has saddened me as I had to see the shreds of my …