Syria's first Eid al-Fitr holiday since the collapse of the Assad regime

From Ruins to Renaissance: Syrian Artists Reclaim Freedom After Assad

Following more than five decades of repression under the Assad regime, these artists are seizing the moment of cultural revival.

Syrians rejoice during first Eid after Assad’s fall

Interim president Sharaa says country faces “a long and arduous road to reconstruction but possesses all the resources needed to recover”.

REPORTING - After semi-clandestine years, actors have invested the scene of a coffee shop in the Syrian capital. A therapy needed in a country to freedom of expression for more than half a century.

Syrians rejoice during first Eid after Assad's fall

Eid al-Fitr in Syria was charged with newfound joy this year, as thousands freely celebrated the holiday for the first time after the fall of Bashar al-Assad.From the early morning hours, crowds of men, women and children flocked to pray at Damascus's historic Umayyad Mosque in the Old City. "This is the first time we truly feel the joy of Eid, after getting rid of Assad's tyrannical regime," Fatima Othman told AFP.

Freedom of Expression in the New Syria - The Syrian Observer

It is self-evident that many Syrians sought the downfall of the Assad regime in pursuit of, among other things, freedom of public expression after decades of repression. In the months since the regime’s collapse, Syria has witnessed unprecedented opportunities for open discourse. But it is worth asking whether this expansion of expression stems from a principled commitment to civil liberties, or merely from the institutional disarray that follow…

Masked assailants kill four, injure two in northwestern Syria

Masked assailants killed and wounded six civilians in the village of Harf Banimra, Tartous governorate on Monday morning - the first day of Eid al-Fitr in Syria. Local sources told The New Arab's Arabic-language sister site, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, that four people were killed, including the village headman Jawdat Fares, and two others were injured. The sources added that the attack took place in front of a house in the village of Harf Banimra, amid…