From baked fish with a tahini dressing to a caramel and pistachio cheesecake, the recipes in Anas Atassi’s new cookbook Sumac will show you a whole new side to Syria. For many people in the West ...

"I told the them that I own a bar and would like to hold a party and serve alcoholic drinks," he said, standing in front of a row of bottles of imported Scotch whisky and fine Syrian arak.