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  • Exterior view of Qusay Awad's family home, built of stone with a courtyard
    History and reconstruction in Syria

    Dictatorship, dispossession and a missing mosaic

    A school, a military base, an archaeological site: from French colonial rule to Assad, this family home was seized and repurposed by successive regimes. Now, its owners are fighting to reclaim it.

  • Men wearing headbands with lower faces covered and holding guns in the bed of a pickup truck.
    Stateless in Syria

    The widows seeking citizenship for their children

    Syria's transitional government may grant citizenship to thousands of foreign-born militia members who are now being integrated into the army. For the many widows of these fighters, the bigger question is whether their children will finally gain legal status.

  • A Toyota truck carrying a group of armed and masked fighters.
    Suwayda, Syria

    Not a local conflict, but geopolitics in disguise

    Sectarianism in Syria is a longstanding political project. Institutionalised under colonial rule and exploited by Assad, it's now being weaponised by the new regime and Israel, as the massacres in Suwayda make brutally clear.

  • Der syrische Präsident al-Scharaa sitzt zwischen zwei syrischen Flaggen auf einem prachtvollen Stuhl.
    Syria after Assad

    Al-Sharaa and the global jihad

    Jihadist groups around the world are watching Syria's transitional government closely. Al-Sharaa's takeover and moderate strategy are inspiring for some, while others see his pragmatism as a betrayal and opt for violence.

  • Black and white photo of a group of men sitting in a cafe.
    Syria after Assad

    To stay, to leave, to return

    As many refugees return to Syria, queues are forming outside passport offices as people try to leave. Four personal stories reflect the hopes, fears and unresolved questions of a country in transition.

  • Women stand in the rain holding signs with image of missing young women.
    Kidnappings

    Why women in Syria are disappearing

    Blackmail, forced marriages and revenge: abductions of women and girls have become more frequent since the collapse of the Assad regime. Many women vanish without a trace, while others have returned with surprising testimonies.

  • A woman sits in the foreground. In the background tents of a camp are visible.
    Iraq and post-Assad Syria

    An uneasy alliance

    Iraq has kept its distance from Syria's new regime due to President al-Sharaa's al-Qaeda past. But one key issue has the potential to bring the two countries closer together: the threat of a resurgent ISIS.

  • A man with the flag of free Syria stands on the head of a toppled Assad statue.
    Leftist politics in Syria

    "I don't care whether Marx or Muhammad takes the credit"

    Since Assad's fall in December 2024, Syrians have witnessed both displays of unity and renewed sectarian violence. A national identity that transcends sect and ideology is the key to a stable future, says Syrian leftist Sami Hadaya.

  • A man gets down on his knees, licking water.
    Filmmaker Monika Borgmann

    "Syria needs a culture of justice"

    Monika Borgmann has spent decades documenting Lebanese and Syrian prison systems. Her 2016 film "Tadmor" found new resonance after Assad's fall. She discusses Syria's future and her fight for justice after the murder of her husband, activist Lokman Slim.

  • A man in uniform stands between Muslim graves.
    Syria's missing detainees

    "We did not expect so few had survived"

    The search for the missing is seen by many Syrians as crucial to rebuilding the nation. Mazin al-Balkhi of the International Commission on Missing Persons warns that the scale and arbitrary nature of the killings under Assad pose major challenges.

  • A view from the mountains of a town built into a cliff face.
    Christians in Syria

    Fear lingers in an ancient community

    In the predominantly Christian town of Maaloula, residents hold differing views on al-Sharaa and the safety of their community in the new Syria. For many, memories of the 2013 Nusra Front attack remain—and mistrust runs deep.

  • Security guard with gun and girl in red car.
    Sectarian massacre on Syrian coast

    "I am the sole survivor of my family"

    Survivors of the violence unleashed in Syrian coastal cities in early March tell Qantara their stories. Warning: the testimonies contain details of the indiscriminate killings of Alawite civilians and may be disturbing.

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