Syria’s defence minister declared a ceasefire on Tuesday in the Druze-majority city of Sweida, following clashes with Druze ...

Assad’s most-notorious death factory, the hangings had become routine. Once a month, around midnight, the guards at Saydnaya ...

Comedians in Syria see a new moment for their art form. With the regime that stifled dissent under former President Bashar al-Assad gone, they have been putting together performances at cafes and ...

My Road from Damascus, by Jamal Saeed, translated by Catherine Cobham, is shortlisted for the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction. The winner will be announced on Nov. 21, 2023.

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.

The overnight clash in Damascus appeared to have been contained, but it has heightened concerns that the violence sweeping the country’s coastal region could spread.

In Damascus, people stood shoulder to shoulder at one of Syria's holiest sites, the Umayyad Mosque, in the first Friday prayers since Bashar al-Assad was overthrown less than a week ago.

Syria's Islamist-led government on Monday said it had completed a military operation against a nascent insurgency by Bashar al-Assad loyalists, as it faced Western demands for accountability over ...

Damascus, SANA – Ministry of Education signed Thursday a cooperation protocol with Turkish counterpart to rehabilitate ...

Syrian rebels appear to have entered the capital Damascus after facing scant resistance from regime forces, as President Bashar al-Assad’s decades-long grip on power appeared to wane by the minute.

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.

Fifteen people were killed and 16 others injured in Israeli strikes on Damascus in Syria, state media SANA said, citing a military source and marking one of the deadliest strikes in months to hit ...