The National on MSN3d
Syrians baffled by sharply fluctuating currency
At the busy Marjah Square in central Damascus, Rateb Farah, 25, peddles Syrian pounds in stacks on a cardboard box. Sitting ...
Middle East Institute6d
Rebalancing Russia’s Mediterranean strategy: From showing the flag to retreating to the gray zone
Either maintaining Russia’s military bases in Syria or finding an alternative outpost in the Mediterranean will prove ...
The Catholic Spirit6dOpinion
Slowing down the convert-to-evangelist pipeline
These days, it seems like there is a high-profile conversion nearly every day. And praise the Lord for that. Celebrities have ...
NationofChange6d
‘The lion has fallen!’
In Arabic, Assad means “lion,” although that wasn’t his real name. Hafez, Bashar’s father, had adopted it to look strong. Hasan was born in the northeastern Syrian city of Manbij, 18 years before the ...