A country too dangerous to visit is one I can’t wait to return to
As Mark Twain wrote, Damascus “measures time not by days and months and years, but by the empires she has seen rise and ...
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After sharing escape plan, Hafez Bashar al-Assad's alleged X account suspended
In this photo released on the official Facebook page of the Syrian Presidency, former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, his wife Asma (C) and their children Zein, left, Karim, right, and Hafez walk ...
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Hama: A rebellious Syrian town that can finally mourn the Assad massacre
The city can finally mourn the tens of thousands of victims of Hafez al-Assad and the massacre he ordered 43 years ago.
Nearly 200 killed as Syrian government fights al-Assad loyalists, threatening return to warfare
Syria appears on verge of return to sectarian violence after ambush in Jableh killed members of the official security forces ...
Thirteen unmissable experiences in Morocco
From the spice-scented streets of Fes to the dazzling nightlife of Marrakech, Karen Anand on how Morocco blends tradition ...
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Saladin: a hero of Islam and scourge of the crusaders
In the West, he is most often depicted as the antagonist – if a noble and revered one – to the crusader king, Richard the ...
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Queens, warriors and thinkers – painting honours Islamic history’s greatest women
The painting Islamic Scientists was one of the last that Syrian artist Mahmoud Hammad produced before his death in 1988. It is also perhaps his most ambitious. The work tackles a vast timeline, ...
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Umayyad Mosque stock videos and footage
The Umayyad Mosque in Aleppo. The Mosque is in ruins even 10 years after the ... View over the Umayyad Mosque also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus. One of the largest mosque in the world, the ...