Books recounting torture in Syrian prisons or texts on radical Islamic theology now sit openly in Damascus bookstores, no ...

Inside Syria's ancient capital, a lone Jewish guardian watches over abandoned properties while Islamist rulers patrol the ...

Founded in the 3rd millennium B.C., Damascus is one of the oldest cities in the Middle ... The city has some 125 monuments from different periods of its history - one of the most spectacular is the ...

We explore the history behind the great mosque by following the journey of the renowned Andalusian traveller and poet, Abul Huayn ibn Jubayr The courtyard of the mosque with its mosaics and ...

Syria’s Civil Defense has uncovered over two dozen charred bodies in two basements in rural Damascus, adding to the growing ...

Revolutionary songs rang out in downtown Damascus overnight Tuesday as Syrians marked the first new year's celebration without an Assad in power for more than 50 years. Umayyad Square in the ...

Vice President JD Vance will return to Washington County on Monday to review progress in the town of Damascus after the ...

In an interview with The Media Line, Bakhour Chamntoub, a Jewish resident of Damascus, described the history of Syria’s Jewish community and his own refusal to leave his home. For more stories ...

The paper said that in resuming its work from Damascus, it would continue providing coverage reflecting 'the pulse of the ...

They say the city seems theirs again. Mount Qasioun, which overlooks the Syrian capital, Damascus, is being revived as a leisure spot. Residents of Syria’s capital are picnicking on a once ...

On January 24, 1965, Syrian secret police raided an upscale apartment in Damascus and arrested businessman Kamel Amin Tha’abet. Accused of being an Israeli spy who had revealed some of Syria’s ...

Austin Tice's Mother, in Damascus, Hopes to Find Son Missing Since 2012 (This Dec. 18 story has been corrected to show that the New York Times first reported Tice's escape, in paragraph 11 ...