Kurds in Iraq and Syria celebrate the Newroz festival of spring at a time of new political horizons
AKRE. Iraq (AP) — Kurds in Iraq and Syria this week marked the Newroz festival, a traditional celebration of spring and ...
Analysis: Lebanon-Syria border clashes raise the alarm
The deadly clashes that erupted this week in an area between Lebanon and Syria have brought historical border issues and ...
The Media Line3d
Smuggling and Clan Violence Fuel Escalating Tensions on Lebanon-Syria Border
The Syrian Defense Ministry sent dozens of military vehicles to the border following the killing of three Syrian soldiers by ...
Al-Monitor3d
German foreign minister on Syria visit reopens Damascus embassy
Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock officially reopened her country's embassy in war-ravaged Syria during a one-day ...
Germany reopens embassy in Syria in cautious thaw with Islamist leaders
Germany reopened its embassy in Syria on Thursday, establishing official diplomatic ties with the new leadership in Damascus ...
Foreign Affairs3d
Can Iran Save Itself?
Iran has grappled with a series of setbacks. Hamas and Hezbollah, Tehran’s long-standing nonstate regional allies, have been ...
Asharq Al-Awsat on MSN3d
Tensions after Assad’s Fall Revive Border Division Between Lebanon, Syria
The Lebanese army completed its deployment on Wednesday in the Lebanese section of the border town of Housh al-Sayed Ali, located between Lebanon and Syria in northeastern Lebanon.Some residents, ...
The Telegraph3d
Germany reopens its embassy in Syria, 13 years after it was closed
Germany has reopened its embassy in Damascus, 13 years after it was shut in the early ...
In Syria, Being Wanted Went From Something to Fear to a Badge of Honor
The ousted Assad dictatorship kept lists of millions of wanted people. Now, Syrians are openly asking whether they “have a ...
Global Voices4d
After Assad: Sectarian violence and the struggle for Syria’s future
Syria’s new leadership faces allegations of mass killings, as Alawite communities endure field executions and mass ...
Mourners attend funeral of man killed in Israeli airstrikes on Syrian city of Daraa
Hundreds of mourners have attended the funeral of one of the victims of an Israeli airstrike on the Syrian city of Daraa, in ...