Joseph Yacoub, a specialist in Eastern Christians, examines Syria’s historical identity, highlighting its neglected Christian ...

Before joining the military and building an Alawite caste around himself, Hafez al-Assad was a fervent supporter of the ...

UPDATE: On January 23, 2025, Turkish Airlines resumed flights on the Istanbul (IST) to Damascus (DAM) route. The first aircraft to operate this service, with flight number TK846, was a Boeing 777-300 ...

It was founded after Mu'awiyah seized control from Ali, the son-in-law of Muhammad, and established an empire based around his new capital of Damascus in AD 661 ... of a much-reduced kingdom in Spain.

DAMASCUS, Ore. (KATU) — All lanes of Oregon Route 224 have re-opened following a car rash and an hours-long closure, Tuesday morning. Details about the crash, how many vehicles were involved, or ...

The mother of American journalist Austin Tice, who was taken captive during a reporting trip to Syria in August 2012, arrived in Damascus to step up the search for her son and said she hopes she ...

He spoke from the Damascus headquarters of the defunct Fourth Division where the drugs were seized. The Fourth Division was controlled by Assad's brother, Maher. Earlier, the official SANA news agency ...

Read more‘Nobody was spared’: Damascus suburbs still haunted by Assad regime’s chemical attacks Other groups have also been accused of human rights violations and war crimes during the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The Qadam train station, which was damaged during the war between rebel forces and ousted President Bashar ...

DAMASCUS, Jan 18 (Reuters) - (This Dec. 18 story has been corrected to show that the New York Times first reported Tice's escape, in paragraph 11) The mother of American journalist Austin Tice ...

“We are returning to Damascus,” Eksi said in a post on the social media platform X. His announcement followed a visit earlier in the day by Syria’s new foreign minister, Asaad al ...

But as the manager of the Madad cultural center in Damascus, the trained lighting technician has reason to worry. On New Year’s Eve, armed men stormed the historic stone building. «They told me ...