The article explores why Syria, despite its early independence, was unable to establish a democracy, instead evolving into a ...

Nabil Antaki doesn’t want to be “naive.” Sure, the “moderate” rhetoric of the new Islamist authorities—who took control of Aleppo on November 30 and a week later hastened the fall of ...

Almost one month after Islamist rebels toppled the regime of Bashar Al-Assad, volunteers in Aleppo are working to transform the ancient city's landscape, planting saplings in its streets and ...

Fresh ginger adds an extra kick to this quick, easy ramen that comes together in about 25 minutes. The recipe calls for ...

Until the fall of the al-Assad regime, the word “dollar” was forbidden in public. Instead, people used anything green – my ...

Calm has returned to the cities of Lattakia, Tartus, and Homs following tensions, protests, and demonstrations sparked by reports of an attack on a religious shrine associated with the Alawite sect in ...

The historic Baron Hotel in Syria’s Aleppo is dilapidated and damaged by years of war but still standing and ready for a revival, much like the city itself. Aleppo’s old city, designated a ...

He said it was filmed early this month, after rebels led by Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham launched a lightning offensive and seized control of major cities including Aleppo on December 1 ...

Two weeks after the fall of the regime, in Aleppo – the city that for years symbolized the horrors of the Syrian war and its murderous divisions – the haunting image of the deposed dictator ...

The residents of Aleppo are still in a celebratory mood. But more than three weeks after it became the first major city to fall to the rebels who went on to oust President Bashar al-Assad, they’re ...

Following the sudden fall of former Syrian President, Bashar Al-Assad, residents of Aleppo have been reflecting on the horrors inflicted on them and their city under Al-Assad’s control.

Videos appeared online showing what looked like rebel fighters tearing down a nearby Christmas tree in Aleppo and trashing the alcohol shelves of the duty-free sections at Aleppo and Damascus ...