To Damascus residents, the name Somariya is associated with Hafez al-Assad’s brother, Rifaat al-Assad. Today its Alawi inhabitants are forcibly displaced, as an armed faction reclaimed the land stolen back...

Syrian civil society participated in the ‘Day of Dialogue’ conference (Brussels 9), held for the first time inside Syria. While a large number of activists and civil organisations joined, with...

From lifting of sanctions to the creativity of Syrian markets

"Watching films in traditional cinemas does not provide the intimacy or openness to discussion and analysis that exists in film clubs", says Eyas Al Mokdad, filmmaker and author of this...

After years in exile, a human rights activist goes back to Syria, where she is summoned to a security facility to testify about an old regime perpetrator.