The last Jews of Damascus: A journey through memory and ruins
Inside Syria's ancient capital, a lone Jewish guardian watches over abandoned properties while Islamist rulers patrol the ...
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Looting and destruction: The reality of return for Syria’s 13 million displaced
the home they fled now lies in ruins. Nowhere is this more clear than the towns along a stretch of the M5 highway that connects Hama to Aleppo. In early 2020, this was the front line of Syria’s ...
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As Syria rebuilds, hope collides with painful memories in one Damascus neighborhood
After the fall of Syria's despotic Assad regime, life is slowly returning to one Damascus neighborhood, where the violence and painful memories of the past are still literally being unearthed.
A train station was once the pride of Syria's capital. Some see it as a symbol of revival after war
A train station in Damascus was once the pride of the Syrian capital, an essential link between Europe and the Arabian ...
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‘Nobody was spared’: Damascus suburbs still haunted by Assad regime’s chemical attacks
The Ghouta area east of Damascus witnessed some of the most vicious and sustained fighting of the Syrian civil war, including ...
'The only word was welcome': Syrian Americans triumphantly return to native land
Crossing the border from Jordan on Dec. 29, one North Jersey man had tears in his eyes. “I hugged the first Syrian person I saw,” he said.
Syrians hope for a future without Russia, but it may not be easy
Assad's regime, Russia lost a key ally in the Middle East -but it still hopes to keeps its military bases in Syria.
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Damascus Diary: A New Year in a New Syria
Syria is intensely sectarian ... As dusk settled, men huddled in the ruins around fires for warmth. We drove for half an hour, an hour, and ruined buildings stretched as far as the eye could ...