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Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa signs a new constitutional declaration, which will regulate the country's transitional period — Bakr ALKASEM Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa hailed the start of a "new ...

(AP) – A timeline of some key events in the Syrian uprising: March 15, 2011 _ Activists call for a “Day of Rage” across Syria, inspired by other popular uprisings across the Arab world. In February, ...

Turkey’s army launched a major operation in northern Syria on January 20 in a bid to oust a US-allied Kurdish militia that Ankara sees as a terror group. The ...

(JTA) — The fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has opened up a sea of uncertainty about Syria’s future — and about the treasures of its past, including the remnants of its Jewish history. Well ...

SYRIA WAS once a thriving hub of diverse merchant cities. During the Islamic Golden Age (from the eighth to the 13th centuries) the region that is modern-day Syria made notable contributions to the ...

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With the stunning change of leadership in Syria and the end of a 50-year reign of the Assad regime, the significance of religious history in Syria shouldn't be overlooked. Most Syrians are now Muslim, ...