For years, Syria was a fabled destination for cultural holidays. Now operators believe Britons could return as soon as next ...

The Umayyad Mosque, also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, is one of the oldest ... transitioning into a Roman temple for Jupiter in 64 CE. By the 4th century, it was converted into a ...

Sharaa, 42, would barely have flickered an eyebrow beyond a narrow neighbourhood of northern Syria and Iraq. Better known ...

Before moving to Damascus, al-Jolani had the wit to ... having served previously as a temple to the Roman god Jupiter and as a cathedral for the Patriarch of Antioch. “This victory, my brothers ...

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 ...

Insurgents' stunning march across Syria accelerated Saturday with news that they had reached the gates of the capital and that government forces had abandoned the central city of Homs. The ...

A silent crowd gathered in the Syrian capital Damascus on Friday to press the new authorities about the fate of relatives who went missing under Bashar al-Assad and to demand justice for their ...