Shiite pilgrims from Syria and abroad used to flock to the Sayyida Zeinab shrine outside of Damascus every year to ...

Suicide bomber strikes Syrian church near Damascus during mass. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says 30 people were wounded and killed. By The Associated Press. June 22, 2025, 12:45 PM.

Syrian rebels say they have found around 40 bodies showing clear signs of torture stuffed into body bags inside a military hospital morgue in Damascus.. Mohammed al-Hajj, a member of a rebel group ...

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.

Damascus cultural life resumes with concerts, exhibition We are open to all forms of art, says ruling official Artists were worried about freedoms under Islamist rule New rulers trying to avoid ...

The U.S. flag was hoisted Thursday outside of the long-shuttered ambassador’s residence in Damascus, in a sign of growing ties between Washington and the new Syrian government.. The U.S ...

DAMASCUS, Syria—The people of Syria said good riddance in the past month to the dictatorship that ruled for half a century. They have no idea what is coming next. So when the clock struck ...

On Monday morning, the board of commissioners held public interviews and picked Diana Helm, previous mayor of Damascus as the new Clackamas County Commissioner. Helm accepted her new role on ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Six people were hospitalized after a two-car crash in Damascus Friday morning, officials said.At around 8:45 a.m., Clackamas Fire & Rescue crews responded to Southeast Highway ...

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.

Not all businesses in Damascus are back open. One of the businesses that wasn't so fortunate is the Damascus Diner. The owner, Ralph Wilson says, the damage was so bad they may have to move locations.

Dunno about you, but “placoid” isn’t a term I tend to use in daily conversation — or even one I had read or heard before today. While the various metals combined in the forming of Damascus steel are ...