Dealing with the legacy of Syria’s prisons and security branches as atrocity sites is a collective moral responsibility and part of the fight for memory, “the last bulwark against repeating the past,” Nour al-Khateeb writes.
As Tel Aviv projects itself as the protector of Syria’s Druze, hate speech against the community has propagated, despite the stance of many Druze activists against Israel.
Celebrations planned to mark the 14th anniversary of the Syrian revolution in Daraa province turned to mourning in the wake of the most violent Israeli strikes on the province since the fall of the regime.
New faces and new stories filled Umayyad Square in Damascus on Saturday as the Syrian capital publicly marked the anniversary of the revolution for the first time in 14 years.
A tense calm hangs over Jableh, while sectarian tensions remain following extrajudicial killings and property destruction during confrontations between pro-Assad fighters and government forces in the diverse coastal city.
In post-Assad Syria, many artists are experiencing a freedom of expression they have never known, one they are determined to hold on to.
Since the Assad regime fell, repeated local and international calls for the new government in Damascus to provide guarantees for Syria’s ethnic and religious minorities have sparked controversy and fueled hate speech.
The Syrian Civil Defense, once only able to operate in opposition-held territory, deployed its 3,300 volunteers across most of the country as the Assad regime fell. What comes next for the rescue organization?
Christians in Damascus prepare for the Christmas holiday with a mixture of hope for a new Syria and wariness about the country’s leadership.
Elation at the hope of returning home after Assad fell turned to shock for displaced Homs residents who found massive destruction and nonexistent services in areas they fled. Many turned back to northwestern Syria, waiting for reconstruction.
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