Although members of the Christian community said they are happy to see the Assad regime go, many are wary of their new ...
Twinkling lights, stars, bells and revolutionary flags are strung above the ancient streets of the old city of Damascus.
The small Christian village of Maaloula recalls what Julani's group was when they were still called Al Nusra. Here, in 2013, ...
In Syria, after 13 years of civil war, armed rebels took the capital Damascus, in a lightning advance, prompting President ...
Scenes of public security forces entering the Mezzeh area of Damascus and imposing a curfew until 8am.
Syrians who remained loyal to him through years of civil war fume that he left without a word. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The church bells still ring in Syria’s ancient Christian enclaves, but their sound carries a bittersweet resonance. Two weeks ...
Among the sacred places mentioned in Islamic sources are Mecca, Sinai, and Jerusalem, but also Syria (the Shām) and ...
To most people who read or otherwise consume western media, the fall of the Assad government in Syria was unusually quick and even surprising. For most of ...
A Turkish television news report Tuesday claimed that Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan will travel to Damascus Friday and offer prayer at that city’s ancient Great Mosque. His transportation minister ...
The idea that Bashar Assad’s fall represents the birth of applied neo-Ottomanism sounds odd, but that’s what is happening.
For years, Syria was a fabled destination for cultural holidays. Now operators believe Britons could return as soon as next ...