Damascus, Sept. 21 (SANA) Nestled in the Qalamoun Mountains, the town of Maaloula carries layers of Syria’s cultural memory through its stone-built homes, ancient monasteries and the Aramaic language still spoken by some of its residents. With homes built along mountain slopes, narrow...

From the heart of suffering and ruin, the most powerful stories of success and transformation are sometimes forged. This is precisely what the journey of Syrian activist and businesswoman Majd Sharabji, from the city of Daraya in the Damascus countryside, embodies. She transitioned from the...

As apricots ripen across the orchards of the Damascus countryside, producers begin making Qamar al-Din, Syria’s traditional apricot fruit leather, a seasonal product with a long history and strong demand in regional and international markets. A Qamar al-Din producer told SANA that the...

With the first rays of dawn every spring, farmers in the mountain village of al-Mrah head for their fields to gently harvest the Damask Rose (Rosa damascena). This seasonal tradition has evolved into far more than an agricultural practice; it represents the story of a place, the identity of a...