Ask my Christian friends and they quote Isaiah 17:1: “Behold, Damascus will cease to be a city and will become a heap of ruins.” Note the language. It does not talk about destruction.

As Syrian President Bashar al-Assad uses chemical weapons in the outskirts of Damascus and President Barack Obama mulls a U.S. response, some theologians are hoping for an alarming endgame to the ...

In this heap of dust, nothing remains, ... Two residents of Qaboun carry wood among the ruins in Damascus on December 15, 2024. ABDULMONAM EASSA FOR LE MONDE. On March 15, ...

The interior of Mar Elias Church in Dweila, a poor Christian neighbourhood of Damascus, lies in ruins. Religious icons have ...

Before the country turned into a heap of ruins, grudges, and bitter vendettas. ... First visit to Damascus Mamdouh AlMuhaini . Published: 16 December ,2024: 02 ...

Amid ruins of Damascus camp-city, Palestinian refugees recall horrors of Assad’s regime Mahmud Khaled Ajaj describes torture he faced in Syrian prison while Haitham Hassan al-Nada recounts being ...

After the fall of Syria's despotic Assad regime, life is slowly returning to one Damascus suburb, where the violence and painful memories of the past are being unearthed.

The Jewish Quarter of Damascus is located in the old city. There were 50,000 Jews in Syria at the beginning of the 20th ...

Rebel forces in Syria reached the suburbs of Damascus on Saturday, marking the “final phase” of their offensive -- and President-elect Donald Trump urged the United States not to get involved.

Damascus, Syria – The Ghouta area ... FRANCE 24 reporters visited Ghouta’s bombed-out ruins and spoke to residents haunted by the horror they endured. Issued on: 26/12/2024 - 11:33. 1 min ...