On a street corner in the old town of Damascus, rugged men with rifles stare sharply at passers-by. Despite their appearance, ...

Before Christmas Eve, attackers burned a Christmas tree near the Syrian city of Hama. Additionally, some groups moved around ...

The Syrian restaurant is situated on Roundhay Road in the formidable foody district of Oakwood and was the second Bab Tooma following the first’s success in Bradford, which was opened by two friends ...

The Paris-born, Damascus-raised director Soudade Kaadan reflects on life under Assad – and looks ahead with hope to a future ...

Palestinians walk through buildings that were destroyed by the Israeli air and ground offensive are seen at the Tel al-Hawa ...

Though Tehran scrambled to help the Assads face off the rebel assault, soldiers were turning on their own commanders ...

Samir al-Baghdad is restoring his family's destroyed home in the Qaboun neighbourhood ... during her first visit to Damascus. In the Syrian capital's bustling old marketplace, crowds of people ...

Others wanted permission to organise neighbourhood protection groups ... Houmaida Antara al-Matar, who was interviewing police defectors who want their old jobs back at the Damascus academy, said it ...

On 3 January, HTS forces raided the Zahra neighbourhood and evacuated several buildings in the area. Mahmoud*, a 26-year-old resident of ... s medical sector in Damascus, told MEE.

There are some names in the Arab world that have become synonymous with the region’s culture and history. Nizar Qabbani is one of them. But who was Qabbani and why is his legacy important? Qabbani was ...

At UNRWA's offices in East Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood ... Sara Saeed said at the UNRWA medical centre in Jerusalem's Old City. Medical centre Director Hamza Al Jibrini said the ...

Palestinians walk through buildings that were destroyed by the Israeli air and ground offensive are seen at the Tel al-Hawa neighbourhood ... s interim president DAMASCUS, Syria — The leader ...