From this brief mandate, Syria inherited a parliamentary system modeled after France’s, but political parties were little ...

In Damascus again after a hiatus of nearly eight years, I decided to see what remained of the city’s once flourishing Jewish community. The dictator was gone. The new Islamist rulers had yet to ...

The suburb’s famous markets drew buyers from across Damascus, with Yarmouk often viewed as the capital of the Palestinian diaspora. Only a few small shops and stalls now serve the estimated ...

Explore the key events of the Battle of Britain with clips from over 50 years of BBC television and radio programmes The Battle of Britain was the German air force's attempt to gain air ...

The period between the two major feasts of St Paul, namely January 25, his conversion on the road to Damascus, and February 10, his shipwreck in Malta, are not just important calendar events ...

Threats of various kinds followed. I had resigned myself to the fact I would never see Damascus again. The unexpected victory of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham opened up a perhaps fleeting window.

CAIRO, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud will visit Damascus on Friday and meet with top officials in the new Syrian administration, a Syrian ...

Animator Zoom Rockman, who has adapted the Holocaust memoir of survivor Ivor Perl, ensured all location, events and even faces featuring in the the poignant film were based on real-life.

Hamas officials accused Israel of delaying aid deliveries to Gaza, impacting the truce and hostage exchange deal, which Israel denied as "fake news." The deal, mediated by Qatar, Egypt, and the US ...

A statement from the editorial board said that the paper, founded in the Damascus suburb of Daraya in December 2011, has set up a new headquarters in the capital city. "After years of managing the ...

However, according to the statement, Yandex Maps tries to keep track of synonyms for its search data base, so it will be possible to find the place by either of the two names ...

As a result of a regime change in Syria, Turkish Airlines has resumed service to Damascus, the capital of Syria. The carrier's new service will assist some of the over 4 million Syrian refugees that ...