In the Jobar suburb of Damascus, the ancient Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue, one of the world's oldest, stands partially in ruins ...

Azm, an archaeologist and former professor at Damascus University, left Syria with his family in 2006. He recently returned ...

Spread the loveIntroduction Damascus, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, is a treasure trove of ...

Ad Policy Syrians celebrate the fall of Bashar al-Assad regime and the New Year’s Eve in the capital, Damascus, on December ...

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 ...

Twinkling lights, stars, bells and revolutionary flags are strung above the ancient streets of the old city of Damascus.

Syria was once home to one of the world’s largest Jewish communities. Those numbers have shrunk dramatically, especially ...

Outside, the remaining children in the Damascus suburb of Yarmuk now play among the shattered ruins left by Syria’s years of civil war. And as the kids chase through clouds of concrete dust ...

A packed concert hall in Damascus came alive this week with cheers as Wasfi Maasarani, a renowned singer and symbol of the ...

People set aside divisions and anxiety about the future to mark a once-in-a-lifetime moment of renewal.

Syrian fighters rest in the ancient city of Palmyra ... the last coachload of tourists trundled through the desert from Damascus, 150 miles to the southwest, Palmyra has been a place of ...

Roughly 100,000 people are missing from Syria’s now defunct prison system ... face is placed on the ground at the entrance of Damascus’ ancient market, so shoppers can stamp on it, or walk ...