A colossal statue of Hafez al-Assad was once a powerful symbol of Syria’s ruling regime, looming over the Damascus-Aleppo ...

On Dec. 1, Iyad Alati, a Syrian-American on Vashon Island, got a call from his brother in Sweden. It was 4 a.m., but the news ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Languishing in a dungeon cell of Syria’s then-ruler Bashar Assad, an unknown prisoner scrawled a verse ...

A train station in Damascus was once the pride of the Syrian capital, an essential link between Europe and the Arabian ...

International flights resumed at Syria's main airport in Damascus on Tuesday for the first time since Islamist-led rebels toppled President Bashar al-Assad last month, AFP journalists said.

Crossing from Aleppo in the north to Damascus in the south ... The historic Al-Hamidiyah Souq was packed with people. Photos of detainees – freed but still unidentified or missing – from ...

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani on Friday met with Syria's Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammed al Jolani, in a visit to Damascus, his first since the fall of Bashar al-Assad.

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati arrived in Damascus Saturday (January 11, 2025) in the first such visit since before civil war broke out in Syria in 2011. His visit comes as the neighbouring ...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey is planning to start flights to Syria's Damascus in the coming days, Turkish Transport Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu said on Thursday. "We are planning a flight from ...

A packed concert hall in Damascus came alive this week with cheers as Wasfi Maasarani, a renowned singer and symbol of the Syrian uprising, performed in celebration of “Syria’s victory.” ...