UN envoy says creating an inclusive Syrian government could help lift sanctions
U.N. special envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen has said that formation of a “new inclusive government” in Damascus by March 1 ...
Syrian Jews’ homecoming brings hope for reconstruction and a permanent return after decades in exile
As Rabbi Yusuf Hamra and his son Henry were visiting Damascus this week for the first time since emigrating from Syria to the ...
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The seven gates of Damascus… Seven planets in the orbit of history
Many historians, like Ibn Asaker, Hassan Al-Badri, and Muhammad Ezz Al-Din Al-Sayadi, describe the ancient gates of Damascus ...
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After decades in exile, Syria's Jews visit Damascus synagogues
For the first time in three decades, Rabbi Joseph Hamra and his son Henry returned to a synagogue in the heart of Syria's ...
The Ancient Wonder That Makes the Pyramids Look Young
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In One Devastated Syrian Suburb, the Only Sign of Life Is the Gravedigger
The former rebel stronghold of Jobar points to the challenges facing the new government as it embarks on rebuilding a broken country.
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Syria could allow Russia to keep its bases, new defense minister says
DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria is open to letting Russia keep its air and naval bases along the Mediterranean coast as long as any agreement with the Kremlin serves the country’s interests ...
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Syria's interim president makes first trip abroad, heading to Saudi Arabia in likely signal to Iran
Iran has yet to reopen its embassy in Damascus, which had been a key node in running operations through its self-described “Axis of Resistance,” including Assad's Syria, Lebanon's Hezbollah ...
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Leader of rebels who toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad named country’s interim president
DAMASCUS, Syria—The Syrian factions that toppled President Bashar Assad last month named an Islamist former rebel leader as the country’s interim president on Wednesday in a push to project a ...
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Ancient amber beads found in Syria kept in museum for decades. They were ‘invaluable’
In an ancient city in Syria ... Hama is located in present-day western Syria, about a 136-mile drive from the nation’s capital of Damascus along the eastern border of Lebanon.