Syria

A simple piece that composer Malek Jandali wrote in 2011 became inextricable from the early protests in Syria. For a decade now, that connection has informed and invigorated his life and work.

San Antonio composer Nathan Felix has written a new chamber opera, "Öcalan," about the Kurdish struggle for independence. It was to have premiered at the SXSW Music Festival in 2020.

The battle for the city of Idlib. We’ll get insight on the latest cruel chapter in Syria’s long civil war.

Kurdish allies of the U.S. say the president's decision is "shocking." Sen. Lindsey Graham says Trump is doing "EXACTLY what President Obama did in Iraq with even more disastrous consequences."

After the death of four Americans in an ISIS attack, President Trump is proposing "safe zones" in Syria. Will agreements to de-escelate be enough to hold…

The photo of the young child's body powered a surge of public concern for the refugee crisis. Now his aunt, Tina Kurdi, has written a memoir about her family's sorrows and hopes.

Updated 12:26 p.m. May 14Ranad Humeidi found a home in the science labs at the University of Texas at San Antonio after moving here her senior year of…

From Texas Standard . “Dear Speaker Ryan: We write to ask that the House of Representatives immediately begin a serious debate and vote on the use of...

Feras Fayyad's Last Men In Aleppo goes inside the Syrian city at a time when it was being reduced to rubble by government bombings.

From Texas Standard: The White House warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad publicly Monday night that if his regime carried out another chemical...