14 May 2026. The Kurdish Culture Days festival opened in Damascus on Kurdish Language Day, with musical and dance performances, lectures on Kurdish language and history, and film screenings featuring Kurdish heritage and its contribution to Syria’s cultural landscape.Read more at: SANA
The urgency of restoring Syria’s textile industry goes beyond economic revival; it is about preserving irreplaceable connections to the nation’s cultural soul and ensuring that the knowledge, stories, and social practices embedded in textile creation continue to exist for future generations.
The decree issued by President Ahmed al-Sharaa is a historic decree, similar in importance to the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibited discrimination based on race, color, religion, or national origin. The Proclamation has the potential to end discrimination against the brave and dignified Kurdish people, who represent an essential component of the Syrian fabric. Read More at: Dr Zaher Sahloul…
In his Easter greetings, Dr Sahloul describes how the Christian and Muslim faiths have been integrated harmoniously for centuries in Syrian life. He explains that in his native city of Homs, “the sound of Muslim call for prayer intertwines with the sound of church bells. Local TV and radio stations air Christian songs. Muslim and Christian youth perform the local folkloric Aradha, chanting mythical songs about Homs, the city of peace and den of lions.”Read more at: Dr Zaher Sahloul…
6 April 2026. French envoy Jean Baptiste Faivre met Suweida officials and community leaders to discuss issues of security, stability, and expanding cooperation. The meeting coincided with an allegedly imminent resolution of the 2025 conflict, suggesting that France may be preparing to engage in de-escalation activities.Read more at: SYRIAN OBSERVER
4 April 2026. Al-Yaqubieh is known for its olive groves and orchards, alongside Armenian and Syriac Christian communities that have a centuries-old shared heritage, and where Arabic and Armenian are still spoken. Residents have begun to return and restore community life since the end of the civil war.Read more at: SANA
28 December 2025. The “Jasmine Meets Olive” event featured the riches of cultural diversity, highlighting present collaborations between Arab and Kurdish youth and a shared commitment to free cultural expression and national unity.Read more at: SANA
1 November 2025. Arabs, Kurds, Syriacs, and Christians in the northeast region of Jazira joined peaceful protests to demonstrate their strong support for national unity and to reject the imposition of a “separatist reality” by SDF, seen as an illegitimate force.Read more at: SANA
31 October 2025. “Melodies from the North” echoed through the Damascus Opera House weaving the deep heritage of Arabic, Kurdish, and Syriac folk music of the Jazira region into a sonorous tapestry of unity in diversity.Read more at: SANA
13 September 2025. In a televised interview, the Syrian leader pledged to expand media freedoms. He stated, “Criticism is not a threat—it is a chance for us to clarify our policies when misunderstood.” Acknowledging the impact of the rise of social media he added, “The world has moved beyond any notion of confining the media in a narrow mold.” He emphasized that freedom within the law is essential for a healthy society, while urging that criticism be constructive and truthful even when harsh.Read more at: SANA
17 August 2025. As demonstrations broke out in Suwayda, President al-Sharaa declared: “Syria is tired of war.” Speaking in a dialogue session with notables and officials from Idlib, he rejected division and partition, calling for unity through dialogue and understanding—not force. With Druze protestors demanding self-determination while waving the Israeli flag, he accused Israel of intervening directly in Suwayda’s unrest. The president acknowledged violence from all sides in the July Suwayda clashes and affirmed that all perpetrators would be held to account.Read more at: FRANCE 24
In Syria, where the culture has traditionally revolved around sharing food, gracious hosting and generosity have always been highly valued. Meals are seen as occasions for familial and communal closeness. The content of the cuisine was historically influenced by Syria’s unique geography. Lying at the crossroads of trade in the ancient world, interactions with neighbouring countries—along with those as distant as China and Rome—continuously fed into what became the national cuisine.
3 July 2025. Syria unveiled its new national visual identity at the People’s Palace, introducing the Golden Eagle emblem, signifying sovereignty rooted in historical and revolutionary symbolism. President Ahmad al-Sharaa declared, “The identity we launch today represents an indivisible, united Syria,” describing his vision of the new government as “emerging from the people and serving them.” The emblem reflects unity, empowerment, and a redefined state-citizen relationship. Read more at: ENAB BALADI
For peacefully protesting against the dictatorship, the Syrian people lived in terror of endless war and repression… and its population became increasingly impoverished, with large sections of cities destroyed and lying in ruins… The new leaders quickly began to establish the rule of law and an environment of freedom for all Syrian peoples… demonstrating a strong will to reconstruct the nation as a democratic state that respects human rights, seeks unity among the diversity of peoples, and is committed to the common good.
Humanity stands at a crossroads. We have the power to reject our inheritance of mutual destruction and build, instead, a future based on mutual understanding, respect, and cooperation. This possibility rests on potentials of our species that have been largely untapped until now: an active willingness to listen, a capacity for forgiveness, the aspiration to reach across human divides, and the awareness that no group or nation thrives when others suffer… In the case of Syria, the new leadership has held up these qualities as paramount for the rebirth of the country.
