Making a viking bearded hatchet from start to finish with steel from railroad track and damascus. Traditional wrapped and ...

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

The military’s expanded perch on the peak of Mount Hermon, straddling the so-called disengagement zone, gives Israel clear sightlines to the Syrian capital, Damascus, 25 miles away. Israeli ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Thousands of Syrians gathered Friday in Damascus’ historic main mosque for the first Muslim Friday prayers since the downfall of former President Bashar Assad, while giant ...

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 ...

FRANCE 24's James André, Julie Dungelhoeff and Sofia Amara crossed into Syria from Lebanon and drove to Damascus to witness the first days of post-Assad Syria. On the border of Syria and Lebanon ...

Reports also indicated the IDF has taken control of nine villages in the southern outskirts of Damascus, near the border with Lebanon. At the same time, there were reports of extensive strikes in ...

Syrian rebels had seized Damascus unopposed on Sunday after a lightning advance that sent Assad fleeing to Russia after a 13-year civil war and more than five decades of autocratic Assad family rule.

They streamed in by the thousands, deluging Damascus’ Umayyad Square in a sea of cars and people for an impromptu parade to celebrate the stealthy flight of former Syrian President Bashar Assad ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — They streamed in by the thousands, deluging Damascus’ Umayyad Square in a sea of cars and people for an impromptu parade to celebrate the stealthy flight of former Syrian ...

Within days they had swept through Aleppo, Hama and Homs. By 8 December they had taken Damascus and sent Assad fleeing for the safety of Moscow. From a military perspective there was little to analyse ...

Damascus residents are celebrating a rebel victory that quickly swept through Syria, culminating with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's overthrow and departure to Moscow over the weekend, ending ...