SANA said the rockets hit the mostly Christian neighbourhood of Bab Tuma. The Observatory said rockets also struck Bab al-Salama and Qaymariyeh in Old Damascus.

AL-SHALCHI: Well, I went to an Orthodox church in Bab Tuma, and it was, you know, ornate. The priests wore glittery crowns, and the air inside smelt like incense.

ISTANBUL. Churches across Syria marked Easter on Sunday with vibrant ceremonies and heartfelt prayers. The neighborhoods of Bab Tuma and Bab Sharqi in the capital Damascus served as focal points ...

Bab Tuma and Bab al-Sharqi, two predominantly Christian areas in the heart of Damascus, want their rights to be protected. "We, Christians and Muslims, are all brothers and have been living with ...

The attack took place in the Bab Tuma borough, in Old Damascus. The suicide bomber mingled with a group of people queuing for food and other basic necessities handed out by a religious charity. No ...

The ancient capital of Syria, in the words of Syrian film director Nabil al-Maleh, is one of the last cities on the planet where most problems are solved with a smile. Reuters correspondents with ...

BEIRUT — A car bomb exploded outside a police station in a Christian quarter of Damascus on Sunday, killing 13 people, the official SANA news agency said, while a similar attack struck Syria ...

AL-SHALCHI: Well, I went to an Orthodox church in Bab Tuma, and it was, you know, ornate. The priests wore glittery crowns, and the air inside smelt like incense.

The attack took place in the Bab Tuma borough, in Old Damascus. The suicide bomber mingled with a group of people queuing for food and other basic necessities handed out by a religious charity.