German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul, who paid a surprise visit to Syria on Thursday, was struck by the destruction that ...

More than 400,000 Syrians have been displaced in the year since the civil war ended, according to the United Nations, driven ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Rebuilding Syria after more than a decade of civil war is expected to cost about $216 billion, the World ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s long civil war has reclaimed global attention after insurgents seized most of its largest city and dozens of nearby towns and villages. The stunning advance on Aleppo by rebel ...

A man points at bullet holes in a window of a hospital following a spate of violence between Syrian security forces and insurgents loyal to ousted President Bashar al-Assad in Syria’s coastal region, ...

Middle East observers would be forgiven for thinking they were in a time machine when Syria’s rebels blitzed last week through the country’s northwestern regions, capturing Aleppo in a stunning ...

As Syria's economy collapsed during its civil war, the country became something of a narco state. The regime of ousted President Bashar al-Assad... DAMASCUS, Syria — A luxury villa dominates a hilltop ...

An ambush on a Syrian security patrol by gunmen loyal to ousted leader Bashar Assad escalated into clashes that a war monitor estimates have killed more than 1,000 people over four days. An ambush on ...

Ten months after rebels toppled the long-entrenched Assad regime, little-checked bloodshed has led many Syrians to abandon ...

This article by Ciwan Teter was published on SMEX on March 26, 2025. An edited version is republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement. Abbas Ali Mousa, an activist with the ...