In the time of Ezekiel Tyre was the port of Damascus, but the present port is Beyrout. Alexander the Great was sent by Parmenio to take this city. The above illustration is of a dam across the Abana ...

In the respect that Damascus and Palmyra occupy oases in the midst of surrounding deserts, they are alike. There would be no Damascus were it not for the Abana river. The stream breaks through a gorge ...

The Barada river, known in ancient times as Abana, was supplemented through seven further rivers whose course was diverted by means of elaborate channels constructed as far back as the Roman era.

The Damascus wrestling team entered this season on a winning streak that had lasted seven years. But a pair of losses at an early-season tournament ended it. After winning their first four matches ...

Sarmad Al Mouallem fled war-ravaged Damascus, describing his safe arrival in Campbell River B.C. as akin to "winning the lotto," as he celebrates his first Canadian Thanksgiving.