Inside Syria's ancient capital, a lone Jewish guardian watches over abandoned properties while Islamist rulers patrol the ...

“Syria lives, the regime has fallen!” elated young Syrians standing on chairs chanted in a packed bar near Damascus’ Old City. They wore shiny, cone-shaped party hats; held revolutionary ...

But since he and his fellow jihadists advanced from Idlib, their northern enclave, and toppled the Assads on December 8th, ...

Others have brought a sense of relief and joy. That was evident at the Al-Hamidiyah market in the heart of the old city of Damascus. It was once inaccessible to many Syrians. NPR's Hadeel Al ...

Crowds waving Israeli flags and shouting anti-Arab slogans gathered outside the Old City’s Damascus Gate before marching to the Western Wall through the Muslim Quarter - an act seen by ...

Economy has been battered by corruption and 13 years of civil war. Coupled with international sanctions and mismanagement, ...

The streets of Damascus are uncharacteristically empty on Saturday night, Zaina Shahla, a 42-year-old journalist living ... Syria's third largest city - heading toward the capital.

a 24-year-old Catholic resident of Damascus, who chose to give only his first name to speak freely, told CNN. When Islamist rebels swept through Syria’s second largest city in an operation that would ...

Rami Abdurrahman of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that Assad had fled the city early Sunday, boarding a flight from Damascus. His whereabouts remain unknown, with no official ...

Many old homes have doors and windows closed with ... But with so few remaining in Damascus, the city's synagogues see no services. Chamntoub is marking the eight-day Jewish holiday of Hanukkah ...