In 2005, British travel writer Diana Darke bought an Ottoman-era courtyard house in the Old City of Damascus. One of the only foreigners to own property in the Roman-walled center of Syria’s ...

It used to be that visitors to this ancient Arab city had limited options for fine dining: a buffet at the Sheraton, a French bistro at the Meridia ...

Damascus - Beaming proudly at his restored 18th-century house, Hekmat Shatta is one of many Syrians flocking back to the historic quarters of Damascus - the oldest continuously-inhabited city in ...

DAMASCUS, SYRIA — Early travelers crossing the desert to Syria got their first view of Damascus from the top of Jebel Qassioun, a gently sloped mountain northwest of town. It was not a sight ...

The courtyard of Naasan palace in the old part of Damascus on November 18, 2020. PhotoL: Louai Beshara/AFP Also in Syria ...

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 ...

At Damascus opera house, hopes for a better future. ... "We hope for more support -- under the old regime, we had no financial aid or even symbolic support," the 33-year-old said.

Patrick Landers Sr. remembers, down to the minute, the call that came to warn him his 12-year-old son was in danger. It was 5:48 p.m. on Wednesday when his neighbor told him that someone had just ...

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.

A 12-year-old boy was killed in Wednesday evening’s murder-suicide situation in the Damascus area, the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office said.The suspected shoo ...

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.