Syria has become a breeding ground for anti-rational memes. Take, for instance, the song "I am an Arab Muslim," which surged in popularity post-Assad. It glorifies the Umayyad Caliphate ...

In December 2024, Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham fighters toppled the decades-long Assad dynasty. The new government, led by President Ahmed al-Sharaa, has been lobbying intensely for sanctions relief as it ...

When Bashar al-Assad was toppled in December, the iconography of posters, billboards and statues emblematic of his family’s brutal decades-long grip on the country also came down. The images of ...

Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa said mass killings of members of ousted President Bashar al-Assad's minority sect were a threat to his mission to unite the country, and promised to ...