Cathrin Schaer
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- Sep 23, 2026
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Syria's economy is growing again. But critics say it's the rich who'll benefit most from current plans. (opens the original)
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Kanan Abdullah has been working as a driver in the Syrian capital Damascus for around 12 years but he, like many others in his trade, is now finding it difficult to make ends meet following recent fuel price rises in Syria. "You're left with almost nothing at the end of the day" he told DW. "You have enough to buy another tank of gas but how are you supposed to buy food? Or what if you need money set aside to repair the car?" he complained. His potential passengers feel the same way. "People are
Iran's 'new Hezbollah:' How powerful are the Houthis now? (opens the original)
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After recent events in Yemen, a small crowd marched down an Iraqi street holding signs that were almost identical to those seen not too long ago further south. The signs said, "death to America" and insulted Saudi Arabia and Israel, with slogans very similar to those used by the Houthi rebel group in Yemen. The men in the Iraqi video are members of one of Iraq's Shiite Muslim paramilitary groups. Both the Iraqi paramilitaries and the Houthi group in Yemen are part of what is known as the "axis o
Syria: How the 'house of sisters' threat split society (opens the original)
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A knock on the door, a muted threat and then they made the decision to leave the country, says Layla, a math teacher and mother-of-three in her 40s. Until recently, Layla — who didn't want DW to use her full name for security reasons — was living in Damascus, Syria's capital. She and her family are Alawites, the same religious sect as former Syrian dictator Bashar Assad, who are often targeted because they're seen as Assad's allies. "But we never supported him, his father killed members of my fa
Kurds say yes, Druze still say no to united Syria (opens the original)
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This week, Syria's Kurdish minority agreed to dissolve what had been their almost 14-year-long experiment in independent rule. During the Syrian civil war, which began in 2011, the Kurds consolidated their authority over a large part of northeastern Syria, and wanted to maintain that after the civil war ended. But as Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi said this week, "circumstances have changed." Kurdish fighting forces, which go by the name of the Syrian Democratic Forces, or SDF, will now be integrat
Why is Israel's military presence growing in Syria? (opens the original)
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It's been two years, four months, 24 days and five hours, said Syrian man Ahmad Hassan al-Din when asked how long it's been since he last saw his son. In April 2024, Israeli soldiers took Saddam, who had just turned 17, from farmland near the Golan Heights, a part of Syria Israel has occupied since 1967. "Saddam had gone to feed the animals early in the morning," al-Din, who's from the village of Jubata al-Khashab in the Quneitra district near Golan, told DW. "I called him on the phone, and he t
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