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 ...

Legend has it that the Prophet Muhammed looked down on Damascus from Jebel Qassioun, the mountain to the northwest of the city, and refused to descend, saying that man could only enter the gates ...

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

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 ...

DAMASCUS — Strolling through the alleyways of war-torn Syria's capital, Rania Kataf snaps photos of the city's famed houses, capturing their nooks and crannies for posterity. After seeing how ...

Damascus’ charm faces new threat. Majed al-Sabah has big hopes for The Street Called Straight in Damascus’ Old City – the part-owner of Syria’s first designer clothes store thinks this ...

Majed al-Sabah and his partner have joined a wave of individual investors who are putting money into bricks and mortar in Damascus' Old City - hoping to covert "the street called straight" to the ...

In old Damascus, Adriaane Pielou is mesmerised by beautiful architecture, ... We pore over clay models of a house with courtyard and a schoolroom made 4,500 years ago.

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 ...