Syria News News Syria » History: The Leader Behind the “Biggest Plot Twist in History” Is About to Step on the U.N. Stage
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News Syria » History: Syria registers first Jewish organization in nation's history
Syria’s minister of social affairs and labor on Wednesday approved the registration of a Jewish organization for the first time in the country’s history. Hind Kabawat, the first woman appointed to ...
News Syria » History: Israel attacked Syria more than 600 times over the past year
It has been one year since a lightning offensive by allied rebel groups led to the fall of Damascus, ending the al-Assad dynasty’s 54-year reign. Yet, as the regime collapsed, Israel seized on the ...
News Syria » History: Syria Independence Day: Nine novels that chart a nation’s modern history
The state of affairs in modern Syria has produced some of the most impactful fiction in Arabic literature. Across decades marked by the decline of Ottoman rule, the French mandate, coups, ...
News Syria » History: Damascus synagogue tours highlight renewed interest in Syrian Jewish history and diaspora ties
A visit by American Rabbi David Saperstein to Damascus has drawn attention to work to preserve Syria’s Jewish sites and rebuild ties with members of the Syrian Jewish diaspora after decades of ...
News Syria » History: Syria: A Modern History
Political scientist Neep (Occupying Syria Under the French Mandate) offers a nuanced history of Syria since the 1800s. Then as now, the region comprised a diverse mix of ethnic and religious groups; ...