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December 7, 2025

Syria

Hope and hardship have driven Syrian refugee returns – but many head back to destroyed homes, land disputes

Sandra Joireman, University of Richmond Close to 1.5 million Syrian refugees have voluntarily returned to their home country over the past year. That extraordinary figure represents nearly one-quarter of all Syrians who fled fighting during...

Friday essay: how societies evolved into fear-dominated goliaths – then collapsed

John Long, Flinders University - We think of ancient civilisations as operating very differently from the way our economy works today. Yet the Bronze Age Assyrians living in Mesopotamia, around 4,000 to 3,000...

From Damascus Kitchens to World Tables: Syrian Culinary Heritage

Syrian culinary heritage is but a fraction of the richness of Syrian heritage and history. Everywhere throughout the country, from affluent bazaars in Damascus to villages, the home space has been social rooms of sociality and performance whose center in the middle is food in life celebration and ordinary life. These have come down with the centuries along with ancient recipes, aromatic smelling spices, and verdant food which are the very epitomes of that representative character of most plain Syrian concepts of home and hospitalidad. They consist of the old like the mujaddara, the lentil and rice, and the staples of pita bread which continue to be in the limelight...

Hope and hardship have driven Syrian refugee returns – but many head back to destroyed homes, land disputes

Sandra Joireman, University of Richmond Close to 1.5 million Syrian refugees have voluntarily returned to their home country over the past year. That extraordinary figure represents...

Homestyle Flavor: Syrian Delight Conquers the Globe on Grounds of Sense of Smell and Taste

The Syrian cuisine is a whole range of flavors that signifies the magnificent history of the country and multi-culture. It is rich in multi-varied stews of deep spice, fresh season fruits, and traditional way...

Healing through Heritage: Reawakening Syrian Ancient Traditions to Live in the Present

A health movement based on heritage has therefore become warranted by Syrian heritage dating back as far as ancient years. Syria is a green, fertile ground, a land which even today still conceals secrets of wholistic body and mind health yet to be inundated by the modern age. So much of ancient culture in the land is now discovered to offer more potential for constructing wholistic health. Syrian diet and...

Why is Israel bombing Syria?

Ali Mamouri, Deakin University - Conflict in Syria has escalated with Israel launching bombing raids against its northern neighbour. It follows months of fluctuating tensions in southern Syria between the Druze minority and forces...

Hope and hardship have driven Syrian refugee returns – but many head back to destroyed homes, land disputes

Sandra Joireman, University of Richmond Close to 1.5 million Syrian refugees have voluntarily returned to their home country over the...

Syrian Fashion Designers Imply Sophisticated Ingenuity: Style and Spirit

Syrian fashion designers are in sync with creating a...

Syrian Traditional Arts Flourish in Modern Syrian Culture: From Oud to Painting

The oud, the ancient Middle Eastern string instrument which...