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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
8/20/2021 12:05:00 AM
The southern Syrian city of Daraa remains under siege by regime forces, with other actors having stakes in a possible political solution to the crisis, reports Al-Ahram Weekly from Damascus
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
7/15/2021 7:05:00 PM
A UN Security Council Resolution has extended the use of the Bab Al-Hawa border crossing to deliver humanitarian aid to northern Syria for another six months
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Arts & Culture
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Music
7/13/2021 5:01:18 PM
The performance is part of a summer programme organised by the Culture Ministry's Cultural Development Fund, featuring other artistic events in different venues
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Arts & Culture
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Music
6/1/2021 6:25:46 PM
The newly founded Maqamat Trio features Ali Omar El-Farouk on oud, Ayman Asfour with the violin, and Hany Bedair on a riq
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Arts & Culture
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Music
5/28/2021 4:39:52 PM
Held under the theme 'The Future Starts Now', the Global Oud Forum features 27 oud players from 14 countries
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
5/25/2021 9:05:46 PM
This week’s presidential elections in Syria will do nothing to help solve the ongoing crisis in the country, writes Bassel Oudat in Damascus
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
4/22/2021 11:28:00 AM
Presidential elections will be held in Syria on 26 May following a recent announcement by the government
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
3/10/2021 9:58:00 AM
A proposal for a joint ruling military council made up of dissident military officers and officers loyal to the regime is winning widespread support in Syria
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
3/4/2021 11:05:00 PM
Who was the intended recipient of new US President Joe Biden’s first military operation in the Middle East?
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
2/26/2021 10:47:00 AM
The Islamic State terrorist group is making a comeback in Syria and Iraq, targeting particularly the Syrian regime and foreign forces in the region
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Arts & Culture
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Music
2/24/2021 1:39:26 PM
In their upcoming concert, the newly formed trio will feature Ali Omar El-Farouk (oud, guitar, bağlama), Hany Bedair (cajón and frame drum), and Hazem Abdel-Nasser (classical guitar)
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
1/28/2021 6:49:00 PM
The Syrian regime is rumoured to be secretly negotiating with Israel in a bid to help it stay in power
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
12/31/2020 10:55:55 AM
There are few reasons to hope for an end to the Syrian conflict in 2021, but in the absence of a lasting political solution there can be no winners or losers
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Books
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News
12/21/2020 6:29:49 PM
El-Ayam El-Helwa Faqat – Maa El-Oudabaa (The good days only – with literary figures), Ibrahim Abdel-Meguid, Beit El-Yasmine Publishing, 230pp – 2020
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Arts & Culture
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Music
12/21/2020 3:31:40 PM
The oud, a stringed instrument popular in the Middle East whose origins date back thousands of years, is a key element of classical Arabic music
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
11/20/2020 1:14:00 PM
What changes can be expected in US policy on the Syrian conflict in the wake of the election of US President-elect Joe Biden?
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
11/3/2020 1:33:12 PM
Reports of Syrian mercenaries being sent to Nagorno-Karabakh and Libya by Turkey have raised questions about the country becoming a reservoir of fighters-for-hire
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
10/23/2020 11:46:49 AM
A recent interview with the Russian media by Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad implied that there would be no change in regime policies or its attitude to a new constitution
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
9/13/2020 3:37:00 PM
The tightening of US sanctions on Syria under the Caesar Act has led to additional suffering throughout the country compounded by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Special
8/11/2020 9:36:31 PM
The Beirut blast may allow Syria a respite from international pressures, but in the long run it will add to the country’s woes
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