As Syria ponders a democratic future: 5 lessons from the Arab Spring
While it’s unclear what exact political path Syria will take, the dilemmas the country faces are similar to the experiences ...
On the road to Damascus: battle for peace continues in Syria
You can’t extinguish fire with fire. You can’t address a mistake with another mistake. You have to correct the situation in ...
A French Cartoonist Draws a Window Into the Middle East
Riad Sattouf’s saga of his parents’ failed bicultural marriage, with its harsh depiction of life in rural Syria, has become a ...
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Fighting between rival factions in Syria threatens its fragile stability
Fighting between Syrian Kurds -who a decade ago clawed out an autonomous territory in the country's northeast- and Turkish-backed militias is posing a serious threat to the current stability.
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Syria’s Alawites, tainted by Assad, fear vigilante violence
In the mountains east of Syria’s Mediterranean coast, armed patrols root out Assad loyalists, masked gunmen monitor checkpoints and residents fret every strange face could be an informer. “See those ...
Commercial flights between Turkey and Syria resume after 13 years
Commercial flights between Turkey and Syria have resumed after 13 years with a Turkish Airlines flight from Istanbul to Damascus.
Southern rebels loom large as Syria’s new rulers try to form a national army
Syria's interim rulers are trying to form a united national army after the fall of Bashar Assad late last year.
'The only word was welcome': Syrian Americans triumphantly return to native land
Crossing the border from Jordan on Dec. 29, one North Jersey man had tears in his eyes. “I hugged the first Syrian person I ...
Looting by Assad’s henchmen ‘leaves Syrians without cancer drugs’
More than two million patients face virtually no treatment options or are forced to pay exorbitant prices on black market, ...
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Syrian Christians Are Anxious About New Regime
Through prayer and protest, believers struggle to interpret the promises of newly ascendant Islamist leadership.
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Saudi Arabia and U.A.E. Tread Cautiously With Syria’s New Leaders
Image Hanging the flag of Qatar on the country’s ... Securing a Place for Minorities: Rebel leaders pledged to build a Syria that is tolerant of other beliefs. But members of Syrian minority ...