The scars that disfigure Syria after 14 years of civil war are wider than its minefields. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of towns and villages across the country have been destroyed or abandoned in one ...

The people and rulers of the land of Syria have experienced this throughout the last 5,000 years, ever since Damascus and Aleppo emerged ... its strategic geography. Ancient and modern empires ...

Before Christmas Eve, attackers burned a Christmas tree near the Syrian city of Hama. Additionally, some groups moved around ...

At Al-Hijaz Square, the procession came to an end, and the van took Hamada’s body out past the edge of town to the Najha cemetery, which sprawls across acres of rolling land near the Damascus ...

This is Part 3 of a four-part series by Shahira Salloum, managing editor of Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, reflecting on her January ...

Though Tehran scrambled to help the Assads face off the rebel assault, soldiers were turning on their own commanders ...

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Who’s buying up land around Joshua Tree National Park? And why? In 2021, a mysterious real estate investment firm started buying up desert land within Joshua Tree National Park. Fast forward to ...

Claiming justification from the recently signed Expropriation Bill, occupiers of the new Juju Valley informal settlement argue that the legislation allows for private land to be appropriated for ...

Yellowhead County is planning to purchase nearly 2,000 acres of provincial Crown land near the east gate of Jasper National Park to develop recreation and tourism opportunities. On Nov. 26 ...