DAMASCUS, Syria, June 1, ... The Umayyad Mosque is arguably the most popular tourist draw in Old Damascus. Three thousand years ago, the site housed a temple to the Syrian god of storms.

Syria’s old world charm drawing the crowds. Khaled Yacoub Oweis | Published 14 years ago. 3min. Western tourists walk in Old Damascus Western tourists walk in Old Damascus.

Those who have seen Damascus in the good old days are sure to get goose bumps when they look at the drawings and woodcuts in Khaldoun Chichakli’s first solo show in Dubai, “Damascenes”.

It used to be that visitors to this ancient Arab city had limited options for fine dining: a buffet at the Sheraton, a French bistro at the Meridia ...

Students draw inspiration from ancient Damascus 0 Comment(s) Print E-mail Xinhua, May 2, 2016. A Syrian Fine Art school student draws on the a sidewalk in the old walled city of Damascus, ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Somewhere between the Christian and historical Jewish quarters of Old Damascus, labyrinthine alleys lead to a nondescript cobblestone tunnel that opens onto an Ottoman-era home ...

A car bomb exploded outside a police station in the Old City of Damascus on Sunday, drawing the city’s historical Christian quarter into the civil war. UK News Website of the Year 2024 Search Icon ...

Unlike the crisis-afflicted kids who were displaced to seek shelter in camps, some children in the Syrian capital of Damascus tried to escape the tense situation in their surroundings by drawing.