The demand for Iranian Iron Age weapons began after a large cache of bronze and iron weapons was discovered in the western Iranian province of Luristan in the late 1920s.

France sends diplomatic team to Damascus UK diplomats met new Syrian leader on Monday Syria's PM: forex reserves very low, urges lifting of sanctions Dismisses concerns about Islamist rule ...

Russia has evacuated some staff from its diplomatic missions in Damascus, as well as personnel from the embassies of Belarus, North Korea, and Abkhazia, according to the Foreign Ministry’s Crisis ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Thousands of Syrians gathered Friday in Damascus’ historic main mosque for the first Muslim Friday prayers since the downfall of former President Bashar Assad, while giant ...

DAMASCUS (AP) — Exuberant Syrians observed the first Friday prayers since the ouster of President Bashar Assad, gathering in the capital’s historic main mosque, its largest square and around ...

Dec. 12 (UPI) --Travis Timmerman, a missing American from Missouri, was freed from a Syrian prison and found Thursday outside of Damascus trying to make his way out of the country on foot.

Some 157,000 people are missing, according to Syrian Network for Human Rights. DAMASCUS, Syria -- Editor's Note: This story contains graphic descriptions of violence. Family members and friends of ...

Damascus has fallen. Once again. One of the oldest cities in the world has fallen. To rise again from its rubble, heralding a new order. In its rise and fall, Damascus has lessons for all ...

Damascus, Syria – Outside a decadent villa in central Damascus, a man in a burgundy sweater and black track pants climbs onto a ledge and picks kumquats off a tree. As he passes them down to ...

Damascus (AFP) – In Damascus, life is cautiously returning to normal as residents step out of their homes into a Syria transformed by the ousting of long-time president Bashar al-Assad. "We were ...

Ostaz said she left her house for the first time since the offensive began to go shopping in central Damascus on Tuesday. She strolled through the market with her husband, smiling at patrons and ...

Syria Central Bank Vaults Left Unscathed by Damascus Looters, Sources Say By Timour Azhari and Maya Gebeily DAMASCUS (Reuters) - The vaults in Syria's central bank were left unscathed by looters ...