In one of the most stunning military turnarounds imaginable, the five-decade reign of the Assad family in Syria came to an end on Sunday morning as rebels overtook the capital city of Damascus. A ...

Following more than five decades of repression under the Assad regime, these artists are seizing the moment of cultural revival. “I’ve never known what it’s like to paint in peace; I’ve spent half of ...

Tarek Butayhi's 2011 mixed media on canvas work, Untitled. Butayhi's work was displayed in the Artists From Syria Today exhibition at the Espace Kettaneh Kunigk gallery in Beirut. In Syria, anyone who ...

Since the Assad regime fell after more than 50 years in power, the extent of Syria’s cultural isolation is becoming clear. Over the past two decades, as the art market engaged in earnest with Arab ...

Many artists in Syria were not sorry to see strongman Bashar Assad overthrown, but now they wonder about life under the new Islamist-led government. “Now I’m afraid we’re going to face censorship in a ...

SYDNEY, 27 September (BelTA - SANA) - Zenobia Women's Association, in partnership with the Queen Victoria Women's Centre, presented the Amal ( hope) Art Exhibition with participation of seven Syrian ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A woman curls up in grief in a darkened room - an artist's image as powerful as any of the thousands of photos and videos from Syria's civil war flashing across the world's computer ...