Syrian Arab News Agency

Tracing the alphabet: Damascus Book Fair highlights Syria’s millennia of knowledge

Damascus International Book Fair this year offers more than books, it tells the story of Syria’s enduring intellectual legacy. From ...
Texas Public Radio

Syria, once home to a large Jewish community, takes steps to return property to Jews

A Jewish heritage foundation has set out to help restore private property appropriated after Syrian Jews left the country.
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With only six Jews left in Syria, émigrés now have a chance to return

BEIRUT — Henry Hamra vividly recalls the day he was allowed to leave Syria. His uncle, the Jewish community’s rabbi, was called in for a meeting with Syria’s president at the time, Hafez al-Assad. “He ...
Time

Syria’s Lurking Terror: A History of Sarin Gas

Syria’s Lurking Terror: A History of Sarin Gas 6 minute read In this Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012 photo, a man collects his belongings after his home was damaged due to heavy fighting between Free Syrian Army ...
UNHCR

Decline in education for Syrian children "worst and fastest in region's history"

GENEVA/NEW YORK/AMMAN, 13 December 2013- The decline in education for Syrian children has been the sharpest and most rapid in the history of the region, according to a new paper published today.