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...

At dawn that day, I left my partner in our home in Berlin and set out alone for his birthplace. He had left Syria nine years ago and never returned,...

Subtle efforts are underway in the city of Sweida to revive the role of unions, which have long been dominated by the Ba'ath Party and the Syrian regime. These civil...

An introduction to our series marking 10 years since the events of 2011.

It wasn’t long ago that rebel fighters, activists and local civilians were commemorating the ninth anniversary of the Syrian uprising in Daraa, so what do recent Syrian government policies in...

As Syrians around the world mark the ninth anniversary of the beginning of the Syrian uprising, how important are the names and labels we use to describe the events happening...