The Islamist former insurgents now in charge need to build popular support and demonstrate rule of law. And they’re finding ...
Local and international experts are filling a government void, and have begun the process of mapping and assessing sites ...
The scars that disfigure Syria after 14 years of civil war are wider than its minefields. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of ...
In a fancy restaurant nearby, a family threw a lavish baptism celebration. At the Citadel of Aleppo—once occupied by the Syrian Army and still rumored to be used as a military base by Russian ...
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The Citadel of Aleppo is one of the world's oldest and largest castles. It's a historic architectural site in Syria's Aleppo, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site ...
A war monitor, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said the insurgents led by Salafi Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, – including Al-Qaeda's former Syria branch, Jabhat al-Nusra – ...
Al-Zoubi described the militant advance as an unexpected turn of events that could signal either a weakness in the Syrian army or highly trained factions executing a strategic surprise. The offensive, ...