The BBC's Barbara Plett-Usher says she has heard gunfire and explosions but it is "relatively calm" in Damascus, after rebels took control of the Syrian capital. President Assad is said to have ...

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Ostaz said she left her house for the first time since the offensive began to go shopping in central Damascus on Tuesday. She strolled through the market with her husband, smiling at patrons and ...

A war monitor said Tuesday that Israel had "destroyed the most important military sites in Syria" with a flurry of air strikes since the fall of president Bashar al-Assad's government. Israel ...

Syria Central Bank Vaults Left Unscathed by Damascus Looters, Sources Say By Timour Azhari and Maya Gebeily DAMASCUS (Reuters) - The vaults in Syria's central bank were left unscathed by looters ...

An Israeli military incursion into Syria has reached about 16 miles southwest of Damascus, Syrian security sources said on Tuesday, after Israel seized a buffer zone in southern Syria and launched ...

The smell of freedom was in the air around Damascus on Sunday as rebel forces stormed the world’s oldest city, forcing Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad to flee to Moscow with his family, where they ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — The three-starred revolutionary flags hoisted over the central squares of Damascus hold the promise of a free Syria. But the rapturous celebrations in the streets Monday were ...

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.

The Syrian leader fled Damascus for Moscow on Sunday, ending more than 50 years of brutal rule by his family. Syrian army sources said heavy Israeli airstrikes continued against military ...

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 ...