At dawn that day, I left my partner in our home in Berlin and set out alone for his birthplace. He had left Syria nine years ago and never returned,...

For decades, the Assads have tried projecting an image of themselves as “secular” bulwarks against religious extremism. All the while, they’ve been shoring up the powers of loyalist religious institutions...

SyriaUntold brings you the latest edition of our digest. We want to share with you the features, investigative pieces and long-form essays that we're reading this week.