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Date of source: Monday, December 15, 2025
December 8th, 2025. One year has passed since al-Assad regime was overthrown after 53 years. In the days leading up to Liberation Day—the first anniversary of the fall of the former regime led by Bashār al-Assad—an indescribable sense of excitement fills the streets of Damascus. The new flag, now...
Date of source: Sunday, December 7, 2025
U.S. envoy Tom Barrack stated that all Western decisions regarding the Middle East since the Sykes–Picot Agreement have been wrong.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Members of Syria's electoral body are meeting on Sunday to vote for new representatives, marking a significant milestone in the country’s transition away from the regime of Bashār al-Assad.
Six thousand voters from regional electoral bodies will cast their ballots in an indirect election starting...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
In June 2025, I was able to gain valuable insight into the current situation in Syria after the fall of the Assad government by spending almost two weeks travelling and doing field research in the cities of Damascus, Maʿlūlā, Ṣaydnāyā, Aleppo, al-Raqqa, al-Qāmishlī, and al-Ḥasakah. With its rich...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Rohlāt ʿAfrīn, a leader in the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), has confirmed that "talks" have been conducted about the integration of the SDF into the new Syrian army. She referred to "the necessity of an organized army in the country as a main condition to merge the forces that she leads." She...
Date of source: Thursday, July 31, 2025
In a phone call with Syrian President Aḥmad al-Sharaʿ, French President Emmanuel Macron discussed the latest developments in Syria and ways to support pathways to stability and a political solution, in addition to regional and international issues of mutual concern.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 15, 2025
The Syrian city of al-Suwaīdāʾ has returned to media attention during recent hours as a result of violent and bloody clashes that have broken out between Bedouin tribes backed by security and military forces belonging to the government in Damascus on the one side and the Druze, who make up the...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 9, 2025
The Syrian government stressed that the Kurdish component is an inseparable part of the Syrian societal fabric and that its rights are safeguarded and respected within state institutions, not outside them.
Date of source: Monday, June 23, 2025
Christian officials and religious figures and institutions in Jordan, Palestine, and Syria condemned the terrorist attack on the Church of Mār Eliās, which resulted in a violent explosion in the church located in al-Duwaylaʾ neighborhood, east of the capital Damascus. The attack, which occurred on...
Date of source: Sunday, March 9, 2025
745 civilians have been killed in Syria's coastal regions and the mountains of Latakia by security forces in three days, according to the OSDH.
Syrian President Aḥmad al-Sharʿaon Sunday called for "national unity" in the country after three days of communal violence unprecedented since the fall of...
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.