A manager of an online newspaper website in Qamishli, a city in northeastern Syria, offered me a position as an editor. After passing the test and attending the interview, my...

"I would always ask any friend coming from Damascus to Beirut to bring me a bottle of Fijeh Spring water. I would drink the water in Beirut and feel the...

It’s rare to find a sculptor who voluntarily destroys a massive work that he spent months creating, transporting from place to place, and restoring. Yet, the Syrian sculptor Khaled Dawwa...

On 27 July 2024, a major tragedy struck the people of Majdal Shams after a missile fell on a football field, injuring and killing children and teenagers while they were...

Stefano Ravagnan, the Foreign Ministry's special envoy for Syria, has been appointed as the new Italian ambassador to Damascus. Twelve years after the closure of diplomatic relations between Rome and...

Sarah Khayat's illustrations capture the tapestry of LGBTIQ communities as they weave together alternative families rooted in love and compassion. Khayat delves into the essence of familial bonds formed not...