Israel has clearly chosen to begin relations with the new government of its neighbour with war. It has positioned itself as ...

The Kremlin and now-exiled Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in 2017 agreed Russia should have long-term access to Tartus naval ...

In this video, I'm demonstrating how I made a Damascus knife out of steel rulers. This knife is surprisingly sharp and ...

Experience the art of heavy-duty steel molding in action as craftsmen forge a beautifully patterned hand axe. Watch as ...

Hope gives way to violence, chaos and economic despair. Then a new strongman emerges.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. France’s top diplomat Jean-Noel Barrot visited the French embassy in Damascus on Friday, in the first ...

The foreign ministers of Germany and France said they wanted to forge a new relationship with Syria and urged a peaceful transition as they visited Damascus on Friday meet its de facto new leader ...

In-depth: The discovery of mass graves containing tens of thousands of bodies has given new insight into the scale of ...

Another factory containing many bags of the amphetamine-type stimulant Captagon and other drugs was discovered near Damascus, Syria, following former president Bashar al-Assad’s fall from power.

The ‘transitional’ administration at Damascus looks like it is going to stay a while — that’s good news if your last name is ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — The newly appointed governor of Damascus has called on the United States to use its influence to push for cordial relations with Israel. In a wide-ranging interview with NPR ...

"Our problem is not with Israel," Governor of Damascus Maher Marwan, appointed by the new administration in Syria, tells NPR. "We don't want to meddle in anything that will threaten Israel's ...