Joseph Yacoub, a specialist in Eastern Christians, examines Syria’s historical identity, highlighting its neglected Christian ...

The interim government in Damascus has called for a powerful Kurdish-led militia backed by the United States to disarm and ...

Syria's cultural scene is in ruins following many years of war and dictatorship. But after the fall of the Assad regime, artists and intellectuals want to help drive change."It was a culture of ...

Kurds in Syria were marginalized during five decades of Assad family rule, with many denied citizenship and wrongly described ...

After the exodus of most Syrian Jews, a few remain in the country they have called home for centuries. The New Arab finds out ...

A Swedish court on Tuesday sentenced a 52-year-old woman to 12 years in prison on genocide charges, in the country's first ...

She belongs to a new generation of young Syrians re-imagining their futures, while committed to embracing Syria's rich culture and humanising its people. "I wanted to show the outside world how ...

The Syrian Heritage Week is the first step toward ... "We decided to host an event focusing on development cooperation and how culture, through the definition of cultural heritage can represent ...

QAMISHLI, Syria — Kurds in Syria were marginalized during five decades of Assad family rule, with many denied citizenship and wrongly described as Arabs. Now they are seizing the chance during ...