The road to Damascus was wide open. As we neared the capital we could see signs of an army in retreat – military jeeps and tanks, abandoned. Army uniforms littered the road where soldiers had torn ...

In the Mazzeh 86 neighborhood, west of the Syrian capital Damascus, the names of many shops, grocery stores, and public ...

Damascus and Aleppo, Syria – Until the fall of the al-Assad regime, the word “dollar” was forbidden in public. Instead, people used anything green – my favourite substitute was “molokhiyeh”, the green ...

Syria’s de facto leader said Sunday it could take up to four years to hold elections in Syria, and that he plans to dissolve ...

After the fall of Assad, Christians hold their breath this festive season as they wait and see whether promises of protection ...

Russia was a key ally of Assad's regime - the former president and his family will now reportedly get asylum there.

The 63-year-old writer was supposed to have been executed ... Associated Press after walking in disbelief through the streets of Damascus. “Instead of being dead tomorrow, thank God, he gave ...

Overnight news that Damascus had fallen and Syria's president ... There was traffic in the streets but shops were closed. People had gathered in the central Umayyad Square, overcome by the ...