Apr 23, 2018 · Seven years into the war, Syria has become a country devastated by conflict, associated with images of rubble, death, and unimaginable tragedy. Before the war, of course, Syria had a...

Sep 11, 2016 · Syria has been engaged in a devastating civil war for over five years, rendering much of the country unrecognizable. Here's what it looked like before -- and why that changed.

Aug 2, 2016 · Once Syria’s largest city, Aleppo has been the worst-hit city in the country since the Battle of Aleppo began in 2012 as part of the ongoing Syrian Civil War. Now a series of before-and-after...

Dec 10, 2013 · How drought, foreign meddling, and long-festering religious tensions created the tragically splintered Syria we know today.

From 1963 until 2024, the Syrian Arab Republic had been ruled by the Ba’ath Party, run by the Assad family exclusively starting in 1970. At present, Syria has been fractured between rival forces due to the Syrian Civil War.

Mar 9, 2014 · Before the war, Syria had vibrant, bustling marketplaces in the old cities of Damascus and Aleppo, and its own innovative IT industry despite economic sanctions imposed by the west. Syrian refugee Tara, 20, and her family have remained resilient and optimistic for the past three years.

Mar 16, 2015 · To mark the fourth anniversary since the start of the uprising that became Syria's civil war, Middle East Eye looks back at the country as it existed prior to March 2011. On a …

May 25, 2022 · A look at this incredible country prior to the start of the devastating civil uprising which began in the early spring of 2011, referred to as the current Syrian Civil War. Syria has a rich history that goes back approximately 10,000 years to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic period.

Jul 10, 2017 · During World War II, British and Free French troops occupied Syria—but shortly after the war ended, Syria officially became an independent country in 1946. The years immediately following...

Jun 19, 2022 · "Syria — Against Forgetting," at Cologne’s Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum, focuses on Syria's artistic and cultural heritage and pays tribute to the country before the war. For almost four months...