It's an impossible task to expect a documentary to solve one of the most enduring, complicated and seemingly intractable conflicts in the world. Confronting the frustration and ...

The poet says that while censorship in a dictatorship is nothing new, the same in a democracy feels like entering a new totalitarianism ...

Minority governments are often seen as either the cause or consequence of political turmoil in countries such as France, ...

Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas' office has decried Israel's military offensive in the West Bank, accusing the state of ...

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A team of Palestinian and Israeli directors take a daring approach to the subject. But the Oscar-nominated film could not ...

After the fall of the Assad regime, Syrians grasp for answers and a path to restoration under new president Ahmed al-Sharaa.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Most American and European politicians want Syria to recover from more than 50 years of Assad rule and the last 13 years of conflict. Even politicians with typically short memories have been ...

Hama (Syria) (AFP) – Hayan Hadid was 18 when soldiers arrested him in his pyjamas and took him for execution in Syria's Hama in 1982, during one of the darkest chapters of the Assad clan's rule.

Hayan Hadid was 18 when soldiers arrested him in his pyjamas and took him for execution in Syria's Hama in 1982, during one of the darkest chapters of the Assad clan's rule. "I've never really talked ...

Syrian heritage professionals are rallying to safeguard and restore the country’s ancient treasures following the fall of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime in December 2024. “Unfortunately ...