The Circassians (Adyghe) in Syria represent a rich model of social and cultural diversity, carrying with them from their ...

This is the third in a series co-produced by Syria Deeply and Hyperallergic investigating the visual and cultural responses to the crisis in Syria. The day Raghad Mardini first saw a crumbling Ottoman ...

In northeast Syria, Kurdish women are using music and performance to assert cultural identity, promote female empowerment and ...

Syria’s minister of social affairs and labor on Wednesday approved the registration of a Jewish organization for the first time in the country’s history. Hind Kabawat, the first woman appointed to ...

SAYEDA ZEINAB, Syria—Ali Rashid, a pilgrim from Iraq, carefully spread a red religious banner over the gilded mausoleum in the shrine of Sayeda Zeinab, a holy place in Shiite Islam that once doubled ...

Syrian Culture Minister Mohammed Saleh was criticized this week after a video surfaced showing him at a historic Orthodox church with Islamic chanter Al-Mu’tasim Billah Al-Assali, who performed an ...

Bookshelves laden with Arabic works are pushed aside, chairs and cushions rearranged and microphones tested. In a loft above the Berlin rooftops, Muhannad Qaiconie and team are preparing their unique ...

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The Syrian Ministry of Culture announced the arrest of the ringleader of an antiquities theft network involved in stealing ...

Episodes of the venerable PBS news series “Frontline” make their debuts late on Tuesday evenings. Too late, sometimes, though always timely: The recommendation here regarding the newest installment is ...

The Council has adopted legal acts lifting all economic restrictive measures on Syria, with the exception of those based on security grounds. The adoption formalises the political decision announced ...

US envoy sees peace between Syria and Israel as achievable Syria no longer deemed state sponsor of terrorism by US US sanctions on Syria may be repealed within 180 days DAMASCUS, May 29 (Reuters) - ...