Sasha Desouza-Willock, left, and Serkan Avlik in The Boy at the Back of the Class. Photo: Manuel Harlen

Musical about a Syrian refugee wins Best Family Show at Olivier Awards

Stage adaptation of Onjali Q Rauf’s bestselling children’s novel explores themes of migration, conflict and belonging

Music & On-stage

Hezbollah denies using female assassin in bid to kill rabbi in Syria

MENA

CommentZelenskyy's Damascus visit was about sovereignty, not weapons

Comment

Syria unveils $300 million Damascus tourism project to boost economy

Economy

AnalysisTurkey curbs Zelenskyy and Ukraine's foray into Syria

MENA

Ukraine extends Middle East overtures with food offer to Syria

MENA

Iraq begins fuel oil exports through Syria amid Hormuz disruption

Energy
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer with Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara at No 10 Downing Street in London. EPA
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Al Shara joins Starmer in warning of severe impact of Hormuz closure

Syrian President on visit to London for high-level meetings

UK

Syrian churches limit Easter celebrations after violence in Christian town

MENA

More than 1,700 deaths and possible war crimes during clashes in Syria's Sweida province last year, UN says

MENA

AnalysisHezbollah-Israel war tests Lebanon's viability as a state

MENA

Syrian artist's Dubai exhibition explores limits of words, images and identity

Culture

Syria's Al Shara hosts Kurdish delegation for Nowruz

MENA

Arab nations and Turkey condemn Israeli attack on Syria

MENA
Syrian artist Sara Naim's latest exhibition in Dubai is made up of large-scale canvases. Photo: The Third Line

Syrian artist's Dubai exhibition explores limits of words, images and identity

From the Perspective of Language brings together painting and performance to question how meaning is constructed and understood

Culture

Syria's Al Shara hosts Kurdish delegation for Nowruz

MENA

Arab nations and Turkey condemn Israeli attack on Syria

MENA

EditorialNowruz's spirit of renewal is more relevant than ever

Editorial

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