The narrow streets of Old Damascus are home to ancient mosques, hammams, madrasas and even bimaristans (hospitals) dating back to the Seljuk, Mamluk and Ottoman era. Harder to notice, by design ...

The narrow streets of Old Damascus are home to ancient mosques, hammams, madrasas and even bimaristans (hospitals) dating back to the Seljuk, Mamluk and Ottoman era. Harder to notice, by design ...

A 34-year-old man is suspected of fatally shooting a 12-year-old boy and then himself in a murder-suicide inside a Damascus home Wednesday, July 12, 2023, Clackamas County sheriff’s officials ...

The Jewish Quarter of Damascus is located in the old city. There were 50,000 Jews in Syria at the beginning of the 20th century – an ancient and historic community dating to antiquity.

Patrick Landers Sr. believes his son's death could have been prevented by law enforcement or in court the day before the shooting.

To applause, percussionist Bahjat Antaki took the stage with Syria's national symphony orchestra, marking the first classical concert at the Damascus opera house since president Bashar al-Assad ...

DAMASCUS, Ore. — A 12-year-old boy was killed in Wednesday’s murder-suicide situation in the Damascus area, the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office said, adding that the suspected shooter was ...

American Jews who fled their Syrian homeland decades ago went to the White House this week to appeal to the Trump administration to lift sanctions on Syria that they say are blocking them from ...

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.