In the Jobar suburb of Damascus, the ancient Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue, one of the world's oldest, stands partially in ruins ...

While relative peace and stability have followed the Assad regime’s collapse, the proposed educational changes have stoked ...

"She would do some real destruction to the city of Damascus. Israel will send a huge message to the rest of the Islamic world [that] this is what happens when you mess with us." "Many students of the ...

Residents of Syria’s capital are picnicking on a once-forbidden mountaintop and trading openly in dollars and imported ...

Others have brought a sense of relief and joy. That was evident at the Al-Hamidiyah market in the heart of the old city of Damascus. It was once inaccessible to many Syrians. NPR's Hadeel Al ...

People set aside divisions and anxiety about the future to mark a once-in-a-lifetime moment of renewal.

A visit to the souk in the old city in the Syrian capital of Damascus tell us a lot about the state of the country's current economy. KUOW is Seattle’s NPR news station. We are an independent ...

Chinese archaeologists uncovered the oldest city ever found from the Shang Dynasty, over 3,000 years old, at the entrance of ...

Hundreds of demonstrators have taken to the streets in Christian neighborhoods of Damascus after a Christmas ... town of Al-Suqalabiyah near the city of Hama in central Syria on Monday.

DAMASCUS, Syria - Syrian authorities on Wednesday destroyed large sums of illicit drugs such as Captagon, narcotics, and other stimulants by setting them on fire in the heart of the capital city ...

After the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Afaf Mohammed did what she could not for more than a decade: she climbed Mount Qasyun to admire a sleeping Damascus ... entered the city, ousting Assad on ...