Milky Way passes over Syria's Palmyra ruins: timelapse The galaxy is viewed passing over the ancient ruins of Palmyra, one of six Syrian sites inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage list, all of which suffered varying degrees of damage during the country’s 13-year civil war. During their occupation of the site starting in 2015, jihadists from the Islamic State group destroyed several temples, columns, and other ancient treasures, reducing much of the city to rubble. | AFP News Agency

The world must keep its eyes on Syria. | UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency

The Story of Millions of Syrian Refugees and Why They Can Never Return Home In this episode of FO° Podcasts, Fair Observer’s Founder and Editor-in-Chief Atul Singh speaks to foreign affairs analyst William McChesney about the Syrian refugee crisis. They talk about the fall of former Syrian leader Hafez al-Assad, his son Bashar al-Assad, and the current interim government under former Al Qaeda member Ahmed al-Sharaa. They also discuss the role of Turkey in Syria’s politics and why Ankara has back