The international community should focus on empowering Syria’s local civil society groups and advocating for women’s rights ...

A Syrian women returns to Damascus after ten years of absence and shares some of her observations. Rama Jarmakani Reporter, DW Middle East and North Africa.

A Syrian women returns to Damascus after ten years of absence and shares some of her observations. Rama Jarmakani Reporter, DW Middle East and North Africa.

In Syria's capital, Damascus, there are hole-in-the-wall beauty parlors on nearly every street, places for women to chat while getting blowouts and manicures. And when NPR's Diaa Hadid visited a ...

The late Hadiya Shatakh, one of the members of the ancient Jewish community in Damascus, has passed away at age 92. Shatakh, who had no children, belonged to a long-time family from the ancient ...

including women and Kurds, must be involved in the country's transition if Damascus wants European support, Germany's foreign minister said after a closely-watched first meeting with the new de ...

With its chic galleries, dimly lit bars and smoky cafés, Damascus’ vibrant cultural scene is flourishing again. But will this freedom survive under the new government?

At least three women were killed, and five children suffered severe fractures, bruises, and fainting during a stampede at the Umayyad Mosque in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Friday afternoon.

Officers say the move aims to instil a sense of morality as they race to fill a security vacuum after dismantling ousted ...

The mother of American journalist Austin Tice says the Trump administration offered support to help find her son, who disappeared in Syria in 2012.

Under the patronage of Syria’s First Lady, Asma al-Assad, a Woman and Education Forum is expected to be held in the capital of Damascus between February 1-3, 2003, in the framework of the Arab ...