Farmers have resorted to cultivating aromatic plants that generate better income than vegetables, such as cumin and black seed (Nigella sativa). In 2023, cumin recorded a price between three and...

Across Syria, natural forests are vanishing at an alarming rate. Fueled by seasonal wildfires and unregulated logging, a seemingly endless cycle of deforestation has set in.

The southern Turkish province of Hatay has a large Arabic-speaking population. Beside the refugees who came in the past ten years, an ancient Syrian dialect is still spoken.