DAMASCUS — 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 ...

A stampede at the landmark Umayyad Mosque in Syria's capital on Friday killed four people, a Damascus health official told state media. "Damascus Health Director Dr Mohammed Akram Maatouq ...

The first Qatari commercial flight in nearly 13 years landed in Damascus on Tuesday, AFP correspondents said, as international traffic resumed at Syria's main airport nearly a month after rebels ...

Videos from around Kansas City, Mo., captured multiple cars and semi-trucks struggling to maintain control on icy roads.Jan. 5, 2025 ...

They say the city seems theirs again. Mount Qasioun, which overlooks the Syrian capital, Damascus, is being revived as a leisure spot. Residents of Syria’s capital are picnicking on a once ...

Syria’s Damascus airport will resume international flights on Tuesday for the first time since Bashar al-Assad was overthrown last month by armed opposition fighters. No flights had taken off or ...

International flights in and out of Syria’s main airport in Damascus will resume next week after being halted since rebels overthrew former President Bashar al-Assad’s regime last month.

They will carry 580 riders, drivers and co-pilots from 52 nationalities. One might think that an off-road endurance event like Dakar would have attracted American and Baja desert racers since its ...

Syria's Damascus airport will start operating international flights from Jan. 7, Syrian Civil Aviation Authority chief Ashad Al Saliby told Syrian state news agency Sana on Saturday (January 4).

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 ...

Germany's Annalena Baerbock and France's Jean-Noel Barrot are the first ministers from the EU to visit Syria since rebels seized control of Damascus on Dec 8 and forced President Bashar al-Assad ...

The German and French foreign ministers travelled to Damascus to send what the German minister described as a clear signal that a "new political beginning between Europe and Syria is possible." ...