Berlin (Exil) · Säkulares Exilmedium aus der syrischen Protestbewegung, stiftungsfinanziert
Syria’s signing of the armistice agreement with Israel on 20 July 1949 formally brought the first Arab-Israeli war to an end. The agreement, however, also confirmed a humiliating defeat and exposed the institutional weaknesses of the new Syrian state.
International Monetary Fund (IMF) experts’ visit to Syria in mid-July 2026 and its subsequent report published a few weeks later in August has been celebrated by various Syrian authorities and officials for strengthening “confidence in reforms guiding Syria’s economic recovery path”.
“The education system that prevailed in Syria did not give enough attention to teaching us the laws and ethics of work in gynecology, which intervenes in the patient's private life, in the secrets of the bedroom and almost the entire family” says Dr. Noura, a gynecologist in Sweida.