Syria History

An electrifying investigation of the White House’ lies about the assassination of Osama bin Laden—from a Pulitzer Prize winner hailed as “the greatest investigative journalist of his era” (New Yorker). “An explosive account.” —Los Angeles Times In 2011, an elite group of US Navy...

From Qasem Soleimani to the nuclear deal, a deeply reported exploration of Iran’s decades-long power struggle with the United States—in the tradition of Steve Coll’s Ghost Wars and Lawrence Wright’s The Looming Tower “A front-row view of the spy games, assassinations, political...

The Islamic State, known as ISIS, exploded into the public eye in 2014 with startling speed and shocking brutality. It has captured the imagination of the global jihadist movement, attracting recruits in unprecedented numbers and wreaking bloody destruction with a sadistic glee that has...

Reminiscent of the work of Nobel Prize winner Svetlana Alexievich, an astonishing collection of intimate wartime testimonies and poetic fragments from a cross-section of Syrians whose lives have been transformed by revolution, war, and flight. Against the backdrop of the wave of demonstrations...

Told through a prism of female voices, this cinematic novel follows five women of vastly different origins—from the Philippines to Ethiopia to New York City—whose lives bring them to the Arabian Gulf, where they collide with devastating and profound consequences. Dounia, a young Saudi mother...

“Another blockbuster! Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates reads like an edge-of-your-seat, page-turning thriller. You will love this book and also wonder why so few people know this story. No one captures the danger, intrigue, and drama of the American Revolution and its aftermath like...

In 2011, Syrians took to the streets demanding freedom. Brutal government repression transformed peaceful protests into one of the most devastating conflicts of our times, killing hundreds of thousands and displacing millions. The Home I Worked to Make takes Syria's refugee outflow as its point of departure. Based on hundreds of interviews conducted across more than a decade, it probes a question as intimate as it is universal: What is home?

Two refugees find that their lives are inextricably linked—over time and distance—by the perils of history and a single haunting piece of music in this “breathtaking and simultaneously heartbreaking” (The Montecito Journal) story. Born in Beirut in 1922, Marguerite Toutounghi lives a...

Med general Hafez al-Assads militærkup i 1970 blev den syriske civilbefolkning udsat for markant undertrykkelse. Overvågning, ensretning og tortur. Regimets fængsler var fyldt til randen af politiske fanger, som blev udsat for en gruopvækkende behandling. Hensigten var at nedbryde al modstand og samtidig sende et klart signal til den øvrige befolkning: én forkert tanke, ét forkert ord kan medføre indespærring i årevis og pinefulde afhøringer med sømbeslåede stokke, elektriske kabler, barberblade, knibtænger og rødglødende metal.

Una encrucijada fundamental del comercio y la cultura, la antigua Siria era un lugar estimulante y revolucionario. Siria siempre ha sido una tierra volátil sacudida por fuerzas que compiten por el poder. Sin embargo, dio origen a la primera biblioteca del mundo y al primer sistema de escritura puramente alfabético. En Antioquía y Damasco floreció un apasionante epicentro del cristianismo primitivo.

Per tredici anni, la dittatura siriana si è aggrappata al potere, sopravvivendo a guerre, rivolte e sconvolgimenti geopolitici. Eppure, in una svolta rapida e drammatica degli eventi, il regime che sembrava incrollabile è caduto l'8 dicembre 2024.

America is at an important turning point. Remote warfare is not just a mainstay of post–9/11 wars, it is a harbinger of what lies ahead—a future of high-tech, artificial intelligence–enabled, and autonomous weapons systems that raise a host of new ethical questions. Most fundamentally, is...

Napoleon in Egypt: The History and Legacy of the French Campaign in Egypt and Syria chronicles one of the legendary French leader’s most forgotten campaigns. You will learn about Napoleon’s time in Egypt like never before.

Napoleon Bonaparte’s Invasion of the Levant: The History and Legacy of the French Campaign in Syria chronicles one of the French leader’s most forgotten campaigns. You will learn about the French invasion of the Levant like never before.

Glass has reported extensively from the Middle East and travelled frequently in Syria over several decades. Here he melds together reportage, analysis, and history to provide an accessible overview of the origins and permutations defining the conflict, situating it clearly in the overall crisis of the region. His voice, elegant and concise, humane and richly informed, is a vital antidote to the sloganizing that shapes so much commentary and policy concerning the civil war.

Visit every major conflict through the ages. Trace the epic 5,000-year story of warfare from the earliest battles to the War on Terror. Explore the campaigns and conflicts, the warriors and commanders and the tactics, weapons and technology that have shaped human warfare. With fascinating...

In 2019, Turkey’s incursion into northeastern Syria and acceptance of components for a Russian S-400 surface-to-air defense system brought bilateral tensions to crisis levels and contributed to the possibility of sanctions or other actions from Congress. Events in Syria and a 2016 coup attempt in Turkey appear to have led Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to act more independently from the United States and cultivate closer ties with Russia and its President Vladimir Putin.

Tras la muerte de Nur-al-Din, sultán de Siria, Saladino emprendería la conquista del territorio sirio protagonizando una serie de feroces batallas en las que se tuvo que enfrentar con sus peores enemigos. Pero gracias a su grandiosa habilidad guerrera tomó posesión de dicho país convirtiéndose en el sultán de Siria y en uno de los grandes gobernantes del mundo islámico, cuya figura es símbolo de caballerosidad medieval y por ello goza de admiración en varios culturas de Medio Oriente.