Syrian’s interim president has said that millions would return after President Bashar al-Assad’s ouster, but many houses and other buildings were destroyed in 13 years of civil war.

The work of the Syria Strategy Project and the considerable policy recommendations found in this report present a realistic ...

As Mark Twain wrote, Damascus “measures time not by days and months and years, but by the empires she has seen rise and ...

The reported fighting in the capital, Damascus, and the second city of Aleppo were the first such clashes there since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime.

The overnight clash in Damascus appeared to have been contained, but it has heightened concerns that the violence sweeping ...

Members of the small religious sect find themselves caught between two forces that many of them distrust: the new, ...

A 2nd-century gate in the Old City's Muslim Quarter offers a glimpse into the capital's multilayered history -- and complex present ...

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(AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy, File) This is a locator map for Syria with its capital, Damascus. (AP Photo) Israeli army armored vehicles block a road leading to the town of Quneitra, Syria, Jan. 5, 2025.

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Netanyahu Says Israel Won't Allow Syrian Forces 'South of Damascus' JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will not allow Syria’s new army or the insurgent ...

DAMASCUS - On a wintry night in Damascus, hundreds of people packed into a courtyard in the Old City, dancing and singing during a joyful evening of music - a concert held with the approval of ...