In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged ...

Photographers beckoned passers-by to take their picture outside the Umayyad Mosque, an edifice steeped in history that stands at the end of the Souq, in the heart of Damascus. The Umayyad Mosque ...

A packed concert hall in Damascus came alive this week with cheers as Wasfi Maasarani, a renowned singer and symbol of the Syrian uprising, performed in celebration of “Syria’s victory.” ...

Its leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, who is now the de facto leader of Syria, has emphasized religious harmony since taking power in Damascus. Sharaa was in the past critical of ISIS, describing its self ...

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani on Friday met with Syria's Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammed al Jolani, in a visit to Damascus, his first since the fall of Bashar al-Assad.

Jan 10 (Reuters) - Four people were killed and 16 injured in a stampede in the landmark Umayyad Mosque in Damascus on Friday, the Syrian state news agency (SANA) said. Five children suffered ...

DAMASCUS (AP) — A packed concert hall in ... ensuring “they would be remembered in history.” He reflected on his years in exile and recalled surviving two assassination attempts before ...

DAMASCUS, Jan 13 (Reuters) - (This Jan. 13 story has been corrected to show Zakka has U.S. citizenship, in paragraph 3) The head of an American organisation focused on hostage releases said on ...

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said fighters shot Mazen Kneneh in the head on the street in Dummar, a suburb of Damascus, the capital, on Friday morning. The area has been considered the ...