The world's oldest capital city is so ancient that it was inhabited as early as 10,000 BC. Syria's capital, Damascus, has claims to be the oldest continuously occupied city in the world.

Damascus was founded in the third millennium BC, with excavations on the city's outskirts showing it was inhabited as early as 8,000 to 10,000 BC. The capital of Syria, Damascus, was shaped by ...

Excavations at Tell Ramad, on the outskirts of the city, have shown that Damascus was inhabited as early as 8,000 to 10,000 BC ...

"We are searching for 10,000 martyrs whose bodies remain under the rubble," said Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for the Palestinian Civil Emergency Services. At least 2,840 bodies were melted and ...