As Syrians rebuild, hope collides with painful memories in a Damascus suburb
After the fall of Syria's despotic Assad regime, life is slowly returning to one Damascus suburb, where the violence and ...
In Damascus, café Rawda is a 'lounge' for exiled opponents and artists returning to Syria
Opened in the 1930s, just a stone's throw from the Syrian Parliament, the cafe has witnessed the turbulence of the country's ...
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Syrian Christians Are Anxious About New Regime
A Christian and longtime Syrian government employee, she kept her head uncovered and wore Western business-casual attire. She greeted her coworkers with “sabah al-khayr,” which means “good ...
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Martyrs of Damascus relic, icon pilgrimage a chance to reflect on Christian hope
A local pilgrimage that kicked off in January in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis offers an opportunity to celebrate the newly canonized Martyrs of Damascus and to, in prayer, walk ...
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Books banned under Assad now on sale at Damascus shops
DAMASCUS-Books recounting torture in Syrian prisons or texts on radical Islamic theology now sit openly in Damascus bookstores, no longer traded in secret after iron-fisted ruler Bashar al-Assad ...
Experts gather in Rome to form special taskforce to protect Syria's cultural heritage
International experts and academics wrapped up the Syrian Heritage Week in Rome with a debate on how to safeguard Syria’s ...