Languishing in a dungeon cell of Syria’s then-ruler Bashar Assad, surrounded by death and torture, an unknown prisoner ...

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Meanwhile, rebel forces are reported to be closing in on Damascus, as the Syrian army says it is boosting its deployment of forces around the capital. According to the UK-based war monitor ...

A silent crowd gathered in the Syrian capital Damascus on Friday to press the new authorities about the fate of relatives who went missing under Bashar al-Assad and to demand justice for their ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — The newly appointed governor of Damascus has called on the United States to use its influence to push for cordial relations with Israel. In a wide-ranging interview with NPR ...

"Our problem is not with Israel," Governor of Damascus Maher Marwan, appointed by the new administration in Syria, tells NPR. "We don't want to meddle in anything that will threaten Israel's ...

Newly appointed interim Governor of Damascus Maher Marwan. (Illustrative) (photo credit: SCREENSHOT/X/VIA SECTION 27A OF THE COPYRIGHT ACT) "Our problem is not with Israel," Maher Marwan ...

Israel has also seized more territory beyond the already occupied Golan Heights area on the Syrian border with impunity and struck Syrian military targets in Damascus ... his history as a jihadist ...

Part of that is making its position clear on its next-door neighbor, Israel. The governor of Damascus, who is directly appointed by the president is the latest to explain that position. NPR's Hadeel ...