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Syria’s de facto leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, on Wednesday abolished the country’s constitution and declared himself president ...
Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani will visit Damascus on Thursday, Qatar's Al Jazeera reported, as Syria's new ...
Syrian Finance Minister Mohammed Abazeed met with Germany’s temporary representative in Syria Bjorn Gehrmann on Wednesday, in ...
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 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 ...
A tram spotting the “Happy Year of the Snake 2025” painted message is seen in The Hague, Netherlands on Jan 21, 2025. The painted tram adds to the Spring Festival festivity in the local ...
CAIRO - 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 official said on Thursday.
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 ...
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.
Doha, Qatar: A Qatari Armed Forces plane arrived at Damascus International Airport, carrying humanitarian aid including 19 tonnes of food supplies, provided by the Qatar Fund for Development.