Kurds in Iraq, Syria celebrate Newroz festival of spring
Kurds in Iraq and Syria this week have marked the Newroz festival, a traditional celebration of spring and renewal, at a time when many are hoping that a new political beginning is on the horizon ...
Al Jazeera English14d
Syrians mark revolution anniversary with roses, songs and tight security
Civilians on Saturday were seen waving the Syrian flag and singing revolutionary songs amid tight security measures. “People say these roses symbolise peace,” Al Jazeera’s Resul Serdar said ...
WTOP News7d
Kurds in Iraq and Syria celebrate the Newroz festival of spring at a time of new political horizons
Hundreds of Kurds packed into Shamdeen Square in the Roken al-Din neighborhood, the main Kurdish area in the Syrian capital, to light the Newroz fire, waving Kurdish flags alongside the new ...
The Washington Post19d
The last good days in Syria before a new nightmare began
The new Syrian flag, similar to the independence flag used from the 1930s to the 1960s — black, green and white with three red stars — hung everywhere. In Damascus, if young people in their ...