Factbox-Syria's Sects: Delicate Mix for Its New Islamist Leaders
- The Christians are split into a number of denominations - some of them tiny communities with ancient roots in pre-Islamic ...
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Syria leader signs constitutional declaration, hailing 'new history'
Sharaa hailed the start of a "new history" for his country on Thursday, signing into force a constitutional declaration ...
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Syria: Dangling Between the Past, Present and the Future
Following the collapse of the Assad regime, I ended my article last December with the following paragraph: “The new government must represent all Syrians, ...
The secret history of Syria’s new leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa
More than a decade had passed since Ahmed al-Sharaa squeezed into the narrow lift that went up to his parents’ 10th-floor ...
A Syrian man barely escaped a wave of sectarian killings. His brothers did not
This past weekend’s sectarian violence was possibly among the bloodiest 72 hours in the modern history of Syria after 14 ...
Syria’s Druze seek a place in a changing nation, navigating pressures from the government and Israel
Syria’s Druze minority is trying to navigate a new, uncertain Syria. Members of the small religious sect find themselves ...
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Syria president approves draft constitution
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Syria’s interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa on Thursday approved a draft constitutional declaration that ...