Syria’s new government is facing backlash after announcing changes to the school curriculum, including introducing what some critics say is an Islamist slant to teaching.

Syria's Education Minister Nazir al-Qadir on Thursday (Jan 2) defended the changes in the country's school curriculum which were widely criticised. In a statement shared on Telegram, Education ...

Syria’s new regime has announced sweeping changes to the national school curriculum, triggering concerns about “Islamisation”. Critics fear the changes, including an increased focus on Islam ...

Syria’s current social unrest is, in the most direct sense, a reaction to a brutal and out-of-touch regime and a response to the political wave of change that began in Tunisia early last year ...

A boy prepares peanuts on his bicycle to sale on the street in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) DAMASCUS, Syria (AFP) — Syria's education minister on Thursday sought to ...

This month's topic on Creative Syria‘s Blogger Forum was titled, “If you had the choice what would you change in Syria?”… The views ranged from those that advocated the political reform as base, to ...

DAMASCUS – Syria’s Education Minister Nazir al-Qadri on Jan 2 sought to minimise curriculum changes announced this week by the new Islamist-led authorities, after activists denounced them as ...