Hope and uncertainty fill the streets of Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad. The challenges of rebuilding are enormous ...

Before the advent of Islam, the site hosted several religious structures. During the Iron Age, it was a place of worship for ...

Homs' capture is also a powerful symbol of the rebel movement's dramatic comeback in the 13-year-old ... Damascus, and state television reported on Saturday that Assad remained in the city.

In recent history, the hoodie’s every-man essence ... Armed rebel fighters walking through the Old City of Damascus on Monday.Credit...Bilal Alhammoud/EPA, via Shutterstock A day after sweeping ...

The alleyways in the Old City of Damascus. The regime of Syrian President ... dynasty and with it one of the bloodiest chapters in the history of the Middle East. Syrian rebels led by the Islamist ...

Syrians chat at a cafe in the historic Old City of Damascus. - Copyright AFP Eitan ABRAMOVICH Syrians chat at a cafe in the historic Old City of Damascus. - Copyright ...

The Umayyad Mosque, also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, is one of the oldest and largest mosques in the world, located in the heart of the old city of ... and varied history of worship.

Syrian rebels have taken control of the important city of Hama. It lies between Aleppo and Damascus, President Bashar al-Assad’s power base. The city, with a population of about one million, is ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon — A stunning march across Syria by insurgent rebels accelerated Saturday with news that they had reached the gates of the capital Damascus after capturing a key central city of ...

People wave independence-era Syrian flags in the courtyard of the Umayyad mosque in the old city of Damascus on 13 December 2024 (AFP/Bakr al-Kasem) A girl holds up an independence-era Syrian flag ...