Aleppo, north Syria - The Internal Security Forces affiliated with the Syrian Interim Government closed today the roads leading to the Kurdish-majority Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyeh neighborhoods in the city of Aleppo, northern Syria. Our correspondent reported that the Internal...
In the complex political landscape of the Middle East, visions of governance often clash over the role of Islam in the modern state. Syria, exhausted by war and deep social divisions, now faces a unique attempt to redefine its political...
Debates in Syrian intellectual and political circles are increasingly focused on the role of secularism in shaping the country’s future, and whether it can provide a viable framework for political and social reconciliation. The question has become urgent in the...
Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in December 2024 and the start of a transitional period under Ahmed al-Sharaa (formerly Abu Mohammad al-Jolani), the role of moderate Islam has become central to political and social debate in Syria. While...
Raqqa, northeast Syria – The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced on Sunday that they had carried out a major security operation against ISIS sleeper cells and organised crime groups in the countryside of Raqqa province, northeastern Syria. In a statement...
In an atmosphere filled with anticipation and uncertainty, polling stations across most Syrian provinces opened their doors on Sunday morning to members of the electoral bodies, marking the start of the first parliamentary elections since the fall of Bashar al-Assad....
Economists and business owners confirm that displaying prices in US dollars, particularly in Syria’s unstable markets, effectively increases demand for the dollar and pushes its value higher. This effect is both psychological and behavioural, and it represents a challenge to...
Moderate Islam, or what is sometimes called “Neo-Islam”, is a contemporary intellectual movement that seeks to present an open and balanced vision of Islam; one that embraces the realities of modern life without abandoning the fundamental principles of the faith....
Al-Hasakah, northeast Syria - Today, activists in Syria’s northeast announced the launch of the Network for Stateless Victims, marking the 63rd anniversary of the 1962 “exceptional census” in Hasakah province that stripped hundreds of thousands of Kurds and other residents...
Since the emergence and spread of the divine religions thousands of years ago, together with the sects that branched out from them, there have always been individuals and groups adopting rigid ideas built on rejecting the other, excluding them, and...