For centuries, the two communities exchanged populations, cultures and traditions that have left an imprint on both shores

Seven months after Assad’s fall, an analysis of the violence in Sweida shows how international interference and internal paralysis are pushing the country back toward chaos

The Lebanese militant’s release is dividing the country — and not for the first time

Antisemitic conspiracy theories are central to the far right’s obsession with the sex-trafficking billionaire and his links to the global elite

The tiny islet in the Atlantic governed itself for almost 200 years and is now trying to separate itself from Equatorial Guinea’s dictatorship

Once a subject of Victorian fascination, the mokele-mbembe myth is now fodder for creationists on a quest to disprove Darwinism

As a decades-old treaty begins to unravel and world powers eye new opportunities, a group of environmental lawyers is trying to save the southern continent

‘Aso ebi,’ a tradition that started as a symbol of kinship, has evolved into a statement of social standing, a tool for shifting wealth and a canvas for all kinds of domestic drama

An old family album sent me on a journey through Italy’s dark past in Libya

Publication of contemporary fiction in Slavic languages is a sign of growing political support for Taipei

An old family album sent me on a journey through Italy’s dark past in Libya

The energy giant will announce its strategy later after rivals also rowed back on green energy plans.

A panel of journalists at the Frontline Club discuss the major global stories of 2025 that have been overshadowed by U.S headlines

Despite recent right-wing populist rule, Warsaw has become a base for the Central Asian country’s refugees and political opposition

The Grammys are set to showcase some of the continent’s biggest artists, but as audiences grow, questions remain about who is profiting

The Islamism vs. secularism debate misses the point — the real struggle for the post-Assad state is democracy vs. authoritarianism

Ammar Azzouz, author of “Domicide: Architecture, War and the Destruction of Home in Syria” and Wendy Pearlman, author of “The Home I Worked To Make: Voices From the New Syrian Diaspora” join New Lines...

A Palestinian father and journalist writes from exile on what the pause in fighting means, and the damage it cannot undo

Legislators face a choice between regulating and accepting the methods that keep small workings viable or pushing communities and their livelihoods into illegality

After New Lines and The Reckoning Project published an investigation into Russia’s illegal deportation of the teenager, he was reunited with his family

My dear Idlib, how I wish for you to go back to being forgotten and ours again. Until then, we’ll always have your accent in our world, your olive oil in our cells, your trees etched in our memories. ...

Ten years ago, war shattered the hopes of many Syrians. But none have suffered quite like the women. Lydia Wilson writes about what it is like to be a young woman in Syria today, facing mundane hardsh...

Food, especially in a country so famous for its cuisine, is not just about nutrition; it is also about culture. What do you do when you can’t afford the food? You stop inviting people, apart from the ...

Ideological affinities and a long intellectual history lie behind the curious reverence for the Syrian dictator among fascists and white nationalists

The Kremlin is in an awkward position, striving to curtail reputational damage but already making inroads with the rebels in Damascus

A leading Syrian intellectual takes on the famous linguist, arguing that Americentrism blinds the latter from the reality of the revolution

Attempts to undermine the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons' investigation of the 2018 Douma chemical weapon attack involved Russian diplomats, Russian state media, WikiLeaks, and J...

War crime researchers tricked Assad intelligence officers into confessing to the crime, and a chilling journalistic investigation followed

Now in Germany, they perform songs that are freighted with memories of isolation and torture

Nazi war criminal Alois Brunner lived in hiding in Damascus for decades. Israel failed to kill him twice — when he was finally punished, it was by the very Syrian regime he served for so long

A political inmate recounts his daily life during his two-plus years in one of the regime’s notorious prisons

New Lines reports from Sednaya Prison, where Syrians brave horrors in a desperate search for lost loved ones

A Syrian journalist records a journey through repression and fleeting moments of liberty in Latakia, Damascus and Beirut

New Lines reports exclusively on the details leading up to the city's stunning capture

The country is now free, yet some remain trapped in the past

New Lines reports exclusively on the details leading up to Aleppo's fall