When Syria's new leaders shut 60 Damascus bars, drinkers protested, and the government reversed itself. It's an example of ...

NPR asked Syria's Interior Ministry and the Damascus governor's office about the bar closures, and why they were quickly reversed. The Interior Ministry said it was unaware of steps taken by local ...

German authorities say the German and Austrian interior ministers have broken ... Germany's Nancy Faeser had planned to visit Damascus with Austrian counterpart Gerhard Karner, and a German ...