Palestine Chronicle3h
Why Syria Failed to Develop into a Democracy and Became a Mukhabarat State
The article explores why Syria, despite its early independence, was unable to establish a democracy, instead evolving into a ...
The Economist1d
A short history of Syria, in maps
In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged ...
Oldest-known 3D map also celebrated the female form
The ‘exceptional’ 13,000-year-old miniature likely helped Paleolithic humans understand their landscape.
Israel and the Palestinians: History of the conflict explained
The conflict between Israel and the Palestinian people is one of the longest-running and most violent disputes in the world.