He walked by the skyscraping stone minaret, passed through the white columns and prayed under ... As they converged on Damascus on Dec. 8, Assad fled the capital city, boarding a plane to Russia.

The Syrian Civil Defense, known as the White Helmets, commemorates today in Damascus the second anniversary of the earthquake ...

DAMASCUS - The head of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said on Saturday meetings he had with Syria's new leaders in Damascus were a first step towards ending years of ...

To applause, percussionist Bahjat Antaki took the stage with Syria's national symphony orchestra, marking the first classical ...

OPCW head expected to meet Syrian interim president Previous Assad government hindered chemical weapons inspections DAMASCUS, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The head of the Organisation for the Prohibition of ...

This handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on October 13, 2022 shows a Russian armoured personnel carrier taking part in joint military drills at the Tartus naval ...

Mosul’s Grand al-Nuri Mosque, known for its eight-century-old leaning minaret destroyed by Islamic State militants in 2017, has been renovated in a boost for Iraq's second city as it rebuilds after ...

Sunny today with a high of 63 °F (17.2 °C) and a low of 39 °F (3.9 °C). Mostly cloudy today with a high of 63 °F (17.2 °C) and a low of 36 °F (2.2 °C). There is a 66% chance of ...

Damascus: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani said that Qatar welcomes the new Syrian administration's positive moves, and that ...

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 ...

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 ...