Syria

Prominent Israeli filmmaker Eran Riklis, known for his Middle-East set humanistic films “Lemon Tree,” “The Syrian Bride” and most recently “Reading Lolita in Tehran” feels angry and frustrated over the political leadership in Israel that has led nearly 4,000 entertainment industry names to boycott Israeli film institutions, viewed as “complicit…

A rally was held in Damascus in support of Syria's interim government and to condemn Israel's intervention following recent clashes between Syrian government forces and Druze militias in the southern city in July. Officials are electing new members of Parliament on Sunday. Photo by Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)/UPI |…

Syria is holding parliamentary elections on Sunday for the first time since the fall of the country's long time autocratic leader, Bashar Assad, who was unseated in a rebel offensive in December. Under the 50-year rule of the Assad dynasty, Syria held regular elections in which all Syrian citizens could…

On Wednesday, September 24, Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa made the first speech by a Syrian leader  before the UN General Assembly for nearly 60 years. It marked a milestone in Syria's history and of the international recognition of Sharaa, who became Syria's interim president after Bashar al-Assad was overthrown last…

MANCHESTER, England — One of two victims slain during the attack on a synagogue in northern England on Yom Kippur was killed by a bullet fired by the police, apparently as they gunned down the attacker who had stabbed people and appeared to be wearing an explosive belt, authorities said…

Al-Shamie was brought to the UK as a child and was given citizenship in 2006. Syrian-born Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, has been named as the man who carried out the Yom Kippur attack in Manchester, England on Thursday. The victims of the attack were named by The Times as Adrian Daulby,…

An aerial view of the Pentagon building in Washington, US, June 15, 2005. — Reuters WASHINGTON: The Pentagon recommitted itself in a statement on Tuesday to scaling back its military mission in Iraq, a process that a US official said will see Baghdad command efforts to combat remnants of Daesh…

(RNS) — As Jews around the world were preparing for the new Hebrew year last week, Rabbi Asher Lopatin stood in Damascus looking at a different type of new beginning.  While he visited Syria for the first time in February and a couple Syrian community rabbis have gone on their…

One million Syrians have returned to the country since President Bashar al-Assad, Syria’s autocratic ruler, was ousted in December after a quarter-century in power, the United Nations’ refugee agency said last week. Read More

Despite a showstopping performance at the UN General Assembly, Syria’s new leader faces many difficult and perhaps intractable problems at home. The post Sharaa’s Big Week in New York appeared first on The American Conservative...Read More