Economy & Aftermath

Life returns to normal to the ancient w…
Aleppo (ST): Day after day, life returns to normal to the archaeological markets in the old city of Aleppo after rehabilitating and renovating them following the damage a...
Baghdad (ST): An explosive device...
Hasaka (ST): Hasaka City Council ran a number...
Damascus (ST): Patriarch Mar Ignatius Ephraim...
Deir Ezzour (ST): Within the framework of its...
Occupied Jerusalem (ST): Palestinian Prime...
Aleppo (ST): Day after day, life returns to...
Ankara (ST): The Turkish regime authorities...
Occupied Jerusalem (ST): Israeli occupation...
Hama (ST): A military source affirmed...
Homs, (ST)- After losing dear parts of...
The Aramean kingdoms in Syria , mainly “...
Ankara (ST): Member of the Turkish parliament...
Tehran (ST): Iranian Minister of Transport,...
Hama (ST): The air defence forces in the Syrian...
Najla Burghul a Syrian dreamer who...
DARAA, (ST)_ More than 40 displaced families,...
HASAKA, RAQQA, (ST)_ At least 2 gunmen ...
MOSCOW, (ST)_Russian Foreign Ministry has...
The Directorate-General of Antiquities and...
Aleppo (ST): Day after day, life returns to normal to the archaeological markets in the old city of Aleppo after rehabilitating and renovating them following the damage a...
With the participation of 34 beekeepers from the public and private sectors, the activities of the second Syrian Honey Festival were launched on the grounds of Al-Jalaa S...
Tartous, (ST)-The quiet village of Bnamra is embraced by mountains of ancient oak trees, in the midst of a charming nature as freshwater springs burst from its tops which makes the village look like an emerald. According to the village mayor, Muhammad Ahmad Shaheen, Bnamra is within the municipality of Sheikh Badr in Tartous. It spreads over an area of about two thousand dunums. The village was named so due to its...
Read moreWith the participation of more than 252 cartoonists from 52 countries around the world, the Arab Writers Union held its first international cartoons exhibition in a new way which dealt with the role of international figures who influenced the literary and cultural movement. The visions of the participating cartoonists' paintings differed in the technique of drawing, but what they all had in common was that they they revealed the impact ...
Read moreHoms, (ST)- After losing dear parts of their bodied in the battles of honor they waged against the enemies of life, they did not lose their love of life, rather they insisted in playing the melody of life with the rest of their bodies . The studio is a modest room with simple components located in the Zahra neighborhood of Homs, where the “Jareeh Studio” band members, under the supervision of its young founder Tha'er Balloul, meet to tr...
Read moreSyria has renewed its call on the Security Council to act immediately as to enforce the implementation of the Resolution No. 497 of 1981 and force the Israeli occupation entity to stop its illegal settlement activities and repressive procedures against the people in the occupied Syrian Golan and to withdraw from the entire Golan to the June 4th 1967 line. Resolution 497 (1981) reaffirms that the acquisition of ter...
Read moreMohammad Sulayman al-Ahmad (nicknamed Badawi al-Jabal) was born in 1905, in the village of Difa in the district of al-Haffah, Latakia Governorate. His father was well versed in classical Arabic and Islamic studies and a member of the Arab Academy of Language in Damascus. Badawi al-Jabal, his nick name which was given to him by the compiler of his poetry, Midhat Akkash, the editor of the Damascus newspaper Alif Ba, apparently in 1920. Akkash liked the poetry , but because the poet was not well known at that time, the editor(Akkash) agreed to publish the poetry under the pseudonym of Badawi al-Jabal, a reference to the cloak (aba'a) and the headband (oqal) the poet wore at the time – like a badawi (bedouin) coming from al-Jabal.
Badawi al-Jabal gained high reputation in the Arab world; he experienced politics and poetry at prime age. As a nationalist, later,he joined the National Bloc. He was imprisoned by the French mandatory authorities in Syria. In 1939 , he sought refugee in Baghdad. While there, he taught Arabic at the University of Baghdad and also supported the revolt of Rashid Ali al-Kaylani against the British occupation in 1941. Upon returning to Syria, he was apprehended by the French authorities in 1942. Later on, he was twice elected to parliament( 1943 -1947). In the 1950s, he was assigned minister of health. The defeat of the Arabs in the 1967 Arab-Israel War was a great shock to him; he wrote much poetry inspired by it. He adhered to the old school of Arabic literature and poetry, which upholds the classical mode. His poetry was also influenced by a mystical orientation. Selections from his poetry were published in Damascus in 1968 by Midhat Akkash. A full anthology appeared in Beirut in 1978 with an introduction by Akram Zuaytir.
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