A Christian town in Syria keeps the biblical language of Aramaic alive. But it fears for its future
Maaloula is one of the world's few places where residents still speak Aramaic, the language that Jesus is believed to have ...
Druze community in Syria caught between regime, and a hard place
There are other Druze communities in Syria, such as a handful near the Golan. They are part of the wider Druze community in ...
The Forward on MSN2d
How a small delegation of US Jews got to Syria for the first time in decades
(JTA) — Even as tensions between Israel and Syria ramped up in recent days, a small group of Syrian Jews recently celebrated ...
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Christian town in Syria keeps biblical language of Aramaic alive but fears for its future
Maaloula is one of the world's few places where residents still speak Aramaic, the language that Jesus is believed to have ...
Utah Public Radio3d
Syrian Jews return to Damascus for the first time in decades, hoping to build bridges
Thousands of Jews left Syria in 1992, when they were allowed to emigrate. The visit by a small delegation of U.S.-based ...
The Associated Press on MSN10d
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 ...
The Nation on MSN11d
What’s Next for Syrian Refugees?
While Syrians around the world are celebrating the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, they are still cautious about what comes ...
In Syria, the fighting is over, but a resource-rich region is left in limbo
Zour, which remains divided between Syria's new government and a Kurdish-backed militia, is a hostage to competing ambitions.
National dialogue a 'historic opportunity' for Syria, interim president says
Syria's interim president said on Tuesday his country had a "historic opportunity" to rebuild, addressing a national dialogue ...
Syria's national dialogue conference is in flux amid pressure for a political transition
An official with the committee preparing a national dialogue conference in Syria to help chart the country's future said ...
Global Voices Online3d
Israel escalates strikes in Syria amid post-Assad transition: A pattern of regional expansion
Assad, Israel launches more attacks, disrupting the national dialogue and asserting control over southern Syria as part of a ...
Sky18d
Inside one of Syria's most feared places - where scale of Assad regime's brutality is revealed
The recorded documentation of every facet of official life so common of dictatorial regimes is an overwhelming legacy of the Assad family's reign of terror in Syria ...