"There have been amendments that interfere with the Islamic ideology of society and education,” Mar Boutros Qassis, the ...

The significance of the great Syrian heroine Queen Zenobia, who once ruled Palmyra in the Roman era, seems to have been ...

Critics fear increased focus on Islam and removal of content related to Bashar al-Assad’s toppled regime will erode country’s ...

The Syrian transitional government faces backlash for proposed textbook revisions promoting Islamic extremism.

Syria’s new rulers have unveiled changes to the national school curriculum, sparking widespread concern and protests. The new ...

DAMASCUS – Syria’s Education Minister Nazir al-Qadri on Jan 2 sought to minimise curriculum changes announced this week by ...

Critics feared the changes represent a slippery slope in which the Islamist rebel faction Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which ...

The changes include scrapping poetry relating to women and love. The national anthem has also been removed from textbooks, ...