In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged ...

A train station in Damascus was once the pride of the Syrian capital, an essential link between Europe and the Arabian ...

Saudi Arabia has urged top European diplomats at a gathering to lift sanctions against Syria to boost rebuilding the country ...

Civil organizing persisted during Syria's civil war but also shifted to "translocal organizations" operating in rebel-held ...

On Dec. 8, after nearly 54 years in power and 13 years of war, the Syrian civil war came to an end. And with it, the fall of the Assad family’s rule. For many Syrian students who call the University ...

With the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024, the Syrian Civil Defense deployed to cities where the rescue organization ...

A map and tire are seen at the Qadam train station, which was damaged during the war between rebel forces and ousted ...

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Before this December, Syria had largely been forgotten by the world. Initially, the 2011 revolution, which quickly morphed into a bloody civil war, grabbed headlines – first through revolt ...

A Syria war monitor said 17 people were killed Wednesday in clashes in Tartus province after security forces sought to arrest an officer under deposed leader Bashar al-Assad who was linked to a ...