World / Books & the Arts / How to make sense of the 13-year conflict? Anand Gopal This essay is adapted from Days of Love and Rage: A Story of Ordinary People Forging a Revolution (Simon & Schuster).

As global conflicts continue to test the limits of humanitarian response, a recent campus event turned attention to how international aid can influence the course of war and the people caught within ...

As Syria recovers from 13 years of civil war and five decades under the Assad regime, its citizens face the daunting task of rebuilding their nation. Saleh Hawa, a Syrian literature professor and ...

Images of Iran’s streets aflame, with protesters facing off against the security forces of a repressive regime, must reawaken traumatic memories for Loubna Mrie. Her participation in similar protests ...

In December, a band of rebel groups led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham shocked the world by ousting Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. HTS’s leader, Ahmed al-Shara, created a government to oversee the ...

Syrian Transitional President Ahmed al Shara and his political allies are building a new Syrian army as part of their effort to unite Syria under their Damascus-based government. The establishment of ...

Ashes,' the directorial debut of Syrian journalist Daham Alasaad, follows the dogged efforts to bring Syrian war criminals to ...