A year on from the ousting of Assad, Syrians remember the pain but rejoice at their freedom

For the first time in 16 years, I took the opportunity to go to Damascus, where I was born but have never lived. I was expecting an emotional reckoning of the weight of reconnecting with a heritage ...
WSKG

A momentous week as Syria celebrates lifting U.S. sanctions and a year without Assad

Assad's regime, Syrians also celebrate another coming milestone: the lifting of sanctions, which could help give the country ...
Newsday

A Syrian man barely escaped a wave of sectarian killings. His brothers did not

BEIRUT — The Haydar family huddled in their apartment while gunmen stalked their hometown of Baniyas, hunting for members of Syria’s minority Alawite sect like them. After 24 terrifying hours, a ...
Goshen News

Syria Assad Fall Anniversary

People celebrate and wave Syrian flags as they wait for a parade by the new Syrian army marking the first anniversary of the ...