The Economist1d
A short history of Syria, in maps
In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged ...
Songs of revolution fill Damascus hall during concert by popular Syrian singer
A packed concert hall in Damascus on Wednesday came alive with cheers as Wasfi Maasarani, a renowned singer and symbol of the ...
The Independent22d
A Syrian family recounts the horrors of the 2013 chemical attack near Damascus
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground ... killed hundreds of people near the country’s capital, Damascus, says the ordeal they experienced haunts them to ...
Syrians hope for a future without Russia, but it may not be easy
Assad's regime, Russia lost a key all in the Middle East - but it still hopes to keeps its military bases in Syria.
The Tablet8d
Rebuilding Damascus – the liberation of Syria
With the future of the city in the balance, a cultural historian looks past the corruption, violence and trauma of recent ...
Vanished without a trace: Inside the desperate search for US citizens disappeared in Syria
Bel Trew joins those searching Damascus and other sites across the country for journalist Austin Tice and other American citizens who went missing under the brutal regime of Bashar al-Assad ...
Montgomery Community Media8d
Damascus Museum Showcases Town’s 200-Year History
Damascus started as a dairy farm town with segregated one and two room schoolhouses where many people earned their living as blacksmiths, carriage makers, peddlers, ice harvesters, milk deliverers ...
New York Post27d
Jaw-dropping moment Syrian translator finds anguished message written by his missing relative on wall of Damascus prison
One of the mass graves is located just outside Damascus in Al Qutayfah ... believed to be one of the largest mass graves in modern history, and its true count could rival that of the Stalin ...