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Over the course of the Syrian revolution, Malek Jandali has devoted much of his musical energies to supporting the people of Syria – and especially children – in their struggle for freedom. His latest album is part of his mission to save and express the rich musical heritage of his homeland. Interview by Susannah Tarbush

Lazar Berman is The Times of Israels diplomatic reporter A man passes a poster of Syrian President Bashar Assad with Arabic that reads, Congratulations victory, on September 30, 2019, while crossing the border into Syria at the newly opened crossing between the Iraqi town of Qaim and Syrias Boukamal, Syria. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File) The lasting images from the decade of 2011-2020 may well be those of gruesome, almost incomprehensible violence, beamed into Western homes as a macabre spectacle...

DAMASCUS, Syria – This week, Syria marks a grim anniversary: 10 years since the start of the country’s grinding conflict. Today, one decade into the catastrophe, about half the country’s entire population has been uprooted, with some 12 million people in internal displacement or living as refugees.

Ahmad has been making pyjamas in an Aleppo basement since he was 10 years old. He wanted to be an engineer, but now he works 12 hours a day, six days a week as a tailor to earn the equivalent of $2.50 each week to support his family. Ahmad lost his childhood to the conflict that has raged in Syria since March 15, 2011 when President Bashar al-Assad suppressed calls for his government’s removal, unchaining a complex war that drew in the Islamic State terror group, opposition factions and in...

Turkey notifies Russia to stop targeting of civilians by Syrian regime, targets determined positions, says Defense Ministry Jeyhun Aliyev   | 15.03.2021 ANKARA Ballistic missiles fired from Syrian regime-controlled Kuweires airport in Aleppo have targeted civilian settlements and parking lots for fuel tankers in northern Jarablus and al-Bab districts, with civilian casualties reported, Turkeys National Defense Ministry said early Monday. 1- S...

On Mar 14, 2021 Aleppo Province – Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: SOHR sources have reported that a child was killed and two others were injured due to bombardment by Turkish forces stationed in their base in Al-Yashili village on Al-Zanqal village in Manbij countryside in eastern Aleppo.   SOHR activists documented earlier today the death of a child and a woman, as several rockets hit the surrounding areas of Hamran crossing in the countryside of Jarabulus city in eastern Aleppo in Tu...

A popular uprising turned into a civil war with world powers backing different sides.

ALEPPO — Mohammed Abu Rdan has known nothing but conflict throughout his short life. Born in rural Aleppo in 2011 when peaceful protests against President Bashar al-Assad’s government began, his childhood is anything but typical. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Born into conflict, 10-year old Syrian child is familys breadwinner Back to video The protests quickly turned into a multi-sided conflict that has sucked in world powers, killed hund...

Syrian photographers document a decade of war The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has compiled moving documents of contemporary history with a collection of images by Syrian photographers who have recorded daily life in the ongoing war. Searching for memories in the rubble of Raqqa A woman pushes a stroller through the destroyed landscape of Raqqa in this photograph from 2019. "I was shocked by what happened to my city, in which I have memories in every street," the photo...

Accurate missiles and drones could knock down critical electrical supply lines to Turkey’s nuclear reactor and destroy its emergency generators, nuclear control rooms, reactor containment buildings, and spent reactor fuel buildings. By Henry Sokolski and John Spacapan Although it got little attention from the U.S. media, an explosion late last month at a Turkish nuclear power plant construction site raised eyebrows in Turkey. It should raise eyebrows in America, too. Donald Trump pushed nuc...