For the first time in three decades, Rabbi Joseph Hamra and his son Henry read from a Torah scroll in a synagogue in the heart of Syria's capital Damascus, carefully passing their thumbs over the ...

Error occured during this request! Please try again later. DAMASCUS, Syria - The number of fuel vendors on the streets of Damascus has recently surged dramatically ...

More often than not, I'd expect masked gunmen to be deployed on every corner, patrolling the streets in groups, or whizzing around on battered trucks, with heavy machine guns at the ready and ...

DAMASCUS, Feb 8 (Reuters) - The head of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said on Saturday meetings he had with Syria's new leaders in Damascus were a first step towards ...

DAMASCUS – The head of the world’s chemical weapons watchdog met Syria’s new leader on Feb 8, in a first visit to Damascus since the ousting of Mr Bashar al-Assad, who was repeatedly accused ...

In Damascus again after a hiatus of nearly eight years, I decided to see what remained of the city’s once flourishing Jewish community. The dictator was gone. The new Islamist rulers had yet to ...

The suburb’s famous markets drew buyers from across Damascus, with Yarmouk often viewed as the capital of the Palestinian diaspora. Only a few small shops and stalls now serve the estimated ...

Night - Partly cloudy. Winds from W to WSW at 7 to 8 mph (11.3 to 12.9 kph). The overnight low will be 38 °F (3.3 °C). Partly cloudy with a high of 53 °F (11.7 °C). Winds variable at 8 to 21 ...

DAMASCUS — Vice President JD Vance pledged the federal government will do more to assist residents of this small community rebuild in the wake of disastrous flooding in September caused by ...

DAMASCUS, Va. (WJHL) — Vice President JD Vance was back in Damascus on Monday to see the status of cleanup after Hurricane Helene. In October, Vance (still a vice presidential nominee) visited ...