On the ground in Palmyra, where a Syrian archaeological gem hopes for a revival
PALMYRA, Syria — Abdurahman Abu Hamza, a farmer from the Syrian city of Deir Ezzour, last visited the ancient ruins of ...
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Syrians return to Palmyra amid hopes ancient city can attract tourists once again
Khaldoun Al Raba, 32, has fond memories of his days guiding tourists around the ancient ruins of Palmyra, deep in the Syrian ...
Experts gather in Rome to form special taskforce to protect Syria's cultural heritage
A shop owner sits inside his store in the old city market in Damascus, 9 January, 2025 ...
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Two years on, construction jungle emerges from Antioch's quake-hit ruins
Whenever Sema Genc enters a room, the first place she looks is the ceiling: would it hold up in an earthquake, or would she ...
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2 years on, new city emerges from Türkiye's quake-hit ruins
Two years after surviving the devastating 2023 earthquake that killed her family in Antakya, Sema Genç reflects on her trauma ...
The last Jews of Damascus: A journey through memory and ruins
Inside Syria's ancient capital, a lone Jewish guardian watches over abandoned properties while Islamist rulers patrol the ...
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The last Jews of Damascus: A journey through memory and ruins
There were 50,000 Jews in Syria at the beginning of the 20th century – an ancient and historic community dating to antiquity. The Jews of Syria were divided by city origin, with two old ...
Syrians hope for a future without Russia, but it may not be easy
Assad's regime, Russia lost a key ally in the Middle East -but it still hopes to keeps its military bases in Syria.
Jordan's Technological New Dawn
The Levant is changing, there is no doubt about that. Its fabric, economic, political, cultural, is shifting under the weight of change. Syria, for s ...