Among the sacred places mentioned in Islamic sources are Mecca, Sinai, and Jerusalem, but also Syria (the Shām) and ...

With Damascus falling to a broad coalition of rebels ... he “is the most recognisable of Syria’s triumphant insurgents”. However, his history as a jihadist is a cause for concern, as ...

A visit to the souk in the old city in the Syrian capital of Damascus tell us a lot about the state of the country's current economy.

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground ... killed hundreds of people near the country’s capital, Damascus, says the ordeal they experienced haunts them to ...

The Christian community in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Tuesday celebrated Christmas by praying in churches. The Greek Melkite Catholic Church in Damascus's old city became crowded in the ...

Hundreds of demonstrators have taken to the streets in Christian neighborhoods of Damascus after a Christmas tree burning heightened fears that the overthrow of former President Bashar al-Assad ...

A Syrian family that survived a 2013 chemical weapons attack that killed hundreds of people near the country's capital, Damascus, says the ordeal they experienced haunts them to this day ZAMALKA ...

Hundreds of people have protested in Christian areas of the Syrian capital of Damascus after a video emerged showing hooded fighters setting a Christmas tree on fire elsewhere in the country.

A Syrian Family Recounts the Horrors of the 2013 Chemical Attack Near Damascus ZAMALKA, Syria (AP) — A Syrian family that survived a 2013 chemical weapons attack that killed hundreds of people ...

A Syrian man prays at a mass grave where they buried those who were killed by the sarin struck during a 2013 chemical weapons attack that was blamed on then President Bashar Assad’s forces, in ...