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 ...

Syria’s de facto leader said Sunday it could take up to four years to hold elections in Syria, and that he plans to dissolve ...

World / Syrians begin to learn to live without Assad. Nicolas Niarchos Damascus and Sednaya, Syria—On New Year’s Day, Diyya ...

Three years ago he started a new company and opened one of the first bars in the old ... town area of Syria's government-controlled capital. Somar says nightlife in the city is thriving, despite ...

Damascus has fallen following a lightning offensive ... Global Bulletin My dad gave me this advice when I was 7 years old—it's made me happier and healthier I went on my first cruise — here ...

Douma, near the country’s capital, Damascus, was once a rebel stronghold ... “The revolution was a dream, getting out of a besieged town and of Syria was a dream, as it is now being able ...

For many Damascenes, the dominant feelings are a mix of joy and trepidation. “We’re happy, of course, but we’re afraid of what’s coming,” said Muna Maidani, a 28-year-old who was walking near Umayyad ...

DAMASCUS, Dec 10 (Reuters) - After racing from Lebanon to Syria to celebrate the fall of the Assad regime and making arrangements for his family to follow, 42-year-old Anas Idrees knew what was ...

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons on Monday called on Syria to safeguard and destroy hazardous substances.

Protests erupted in Christian neighborhoods of the Syrian capital Damascus after a Christmas tree was set on fire in another town by unidentified men on Monday evening.