Damascus

Sept - 1 - 25 - protest against Law 66

Syria’s New Oligarchic Islamist Minority

By Rania Mustafa | March 26, 2026

Caught in the crossfire of the US-Israeli war against Iran, Syrians find themselves at the heart of a precarious and shifting regional landscape.

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A Fraying Standoff

By Jennifer MacKenzie | August 4, 2025

Governance and survival in post-Assad Syria

Killing the Buddha

Every Place is Khalidiya

By Jennifer MacKenzie | December 10, 2012

A trip to the Damascus grave of Dr. Ali Shariati, revolutionary, as the shelling in Homs, Syria began.