In the Mazzeh 86 neighborhood, west of the Syrian capital Damascus, the names of many shops, grocery stores, and public ...

Residents of Syria’s capital are picnicking on a once-forbidden mountaintop and trading openly in dollars and imported ...

The Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which led the takeover of Damascus and much of Syria, promises not to discriminate by religion or ethnicity and condemns revenge killings. While the new ...

For many Damascenes, the dominant feelings are a mix of joy and trepidation. “We’re happy, of course, but we’re afraid of what’s coming,” said Muna Maidani, a 28-year-old who was walking near Umayyad ...

Three women died and five children suffered severe fractures and bruises on Friday in a stampede at the Umayyad Mosque in the ...