Azm, an archaeologist and former professor at Damascus University, left Syria with his family in 2006. He recently returned ...

Residents of Syria’s capital are picnicking on a once-forbidden mountaintop and trading openly in dollars and imported ...

Spread the loveIntroduction Damascus, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, is a treasure trove of ...

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 ...

People set aside divisions and anxiety about the future to mark a once-in-a-lifetime moment of renewal.

The rebel alliance that took power has vowed to prosecute senior figures from the ousted government, but accountability will ...

The ongoing conflict in Syria, characterized by an intricate web of rebel factions and government responses, has significant ...

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.” ...

International aid planes and foreign diplomatic delegations have already been landing in Syria. Domestic flights have also ...

Experts lambasted changes including removing poetry relating to women and explanations of Quranic verses, which they say could signal threats from the new ruling group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham toward ...

The streets were buzzing with excitement in Damascus as Syrians welcomed in a new year that seemed to many to bring a promise ...