The birth of Syria's 'state of barbarism'
The regime set up by Hafez al-Assad after the coup d'état of November 13, 1970, had only one objective: Its own continuity, ...
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UNESCO Restores Mosul Heritage Sites Damaged by Islamic State
The Great Mosque of Al‑Nouri, Al-Tahera Church, and Al-Saa'a Convent were restored through UNESCO's $115 million Revive the ...
President Al-Sharaa thanks Saudi Arabia for hospitality
Damascus SANA-Concluding his visit to Saudi Arabia President Ahmad Al-Sharaa thanked the Kingdom and the Saudi people for the ...
In the New Syria, Religious Minorities Swing Between Hope and Fear
Syria’s Islamist leaders pledged to respect religious freedom despite their radical past. Many Christians and Shiites are ...
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Forgotten Muslim builders gave medieval Europe its iconic architecture
Historian Diana Darke argues in “Islamesque” that Europe’s monuments owe a vast debt to Muslim craftsmen and designers.