As the Syrian government prepares to issue new banknotes and cut zeros from the country’s depreciated currency, many Syrians ...

لا يكترث العديد من السوريين بانعكاس حذف الصفرين من العملة السورية على سعر صرفها، بقدر ما يرون فيها تسهيلاً لمعاملاتهم ...

SALAMIYEH — Sham, 17, holds a glass of mate in her right hand, reaching out for a big bowl of popcorn as she chats with neighbors and family members seated around her on plastic chairs. The gathering ...

PARIS — In the days after the Syrian regime took control of the southern Idlib countryside village of Kafruma in January 2020, the victors began a new task: looting. Entering the vacant homes of those ...

PARIS — In the new Syria, Ahmad al-Hayes’s star is rising. At the beginning of May, after being promoted to the rank of brigadier general, the once-leader of the Turkish-backed Ahrar al-Sharqiya ...

PARIS — Twelve years after the outbreak of the Syrian revolution, official opposition institutions remain dependent, not only politically and militarily, but in the provision of services. The Syrian ...

PARIS, IDLIB — The land, 60 dunums in al-Judayda, a Christian village in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, was everything to Julian’s family. From season to season, it sustained them, until Hayat ...

PARIS — Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri has taken center stage in Suwayda since Assad fell last year, as the top figure in the southern province or the primary representative of his ...

PARIS — In the latest merger between factions in the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA), in mid-April Hayat Thaeroon for Liberation—a months-old formation—announced that the Failaq al-Rahman ...

DARAA/PARIS — “Around this time, our cars would usually be leaving the Yarmouk Valley brimming with zucchini, beans and tomatoes. This year, the Israeli occupation has stopped us, destroying our ...

SOFIA — “I am really sorry for the delay in replying,” Rashid* wrote in a 4am WhatsApp message in July. “I was in detention in Sofia until yesterday. I just got deported.” Rashid, who had been an ...

In Iraq, a UN project tries to use bacteria naturally present in the soil to decontaminate soil poisoned by oil spills. NGOs and international donors could, in time, support similar remediation ...