The sounds of northern Syria came alive at the Damascus Opera House on Thursday evening, as musicians and vocalists from ...

Syrian Culture Minister Mohammed Saleh was criticized this week after a video surfaced showing him at a historic Orthodox church with Islamic chanter Al-Mu’tasim Billah Al-Assali, who performed an ...

News out of Syria may have faded into the background lately, but fear not because Jon Stewart is here with an update on what he calls, “the spinach of world news.” Unfortunately, though, things are ...

The Cultural Center in Abu Rummaneh, Damascus, hosted an art exhibition titled " Artists of Future" featuring the work of ...

SAYEDA ZEINAB, Syria—Ali Rashid, a pilgrim from Iraq, carefully spread a red religious banner over the gilded mausoleum in the shrine of Sayeda Zeinab, a holy place in Shiite Islam that once doubled ...

QAMISHLI, Syria — Kurds in Syria were marginalized during five decades of Assad family rule, with many denied citizenship and wrongly described as Arabs. Now they are seizing the chance during the ...

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Bookshelves laden with Arabic works are pushed aside, chairs and cushions rearranged and microphones tested. In a loft above the Berlin rooftops, Muhannad Qaiconie and team are preparing their unique ...

Manar Mervat Al Shouha, who fled civil war, prefers to talk through her paintings, but she has much to say about her fears ...

(RNS) — As Jews around the world were preparing for the new Hebrew year last week, Rabbi Asher Lopatin stood in Damascus looking at a different type of new beginning. While he visited Syria for the ...

Episodes of the venerable PBS news series “Frontline” make their debuts late on Tuesday evenings. Too late, sometimes, though always timely: The recommendation here regarding the newest installment is ...

"I didn't know the salaries the government pays were this high!" Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa joked after more than 100 ...