BEIRUT (AP) — Insurgents' stunning march across Syria accelerated Saturday with news that they had reached the gates of the capital and that government forces had abandoned the central city of Homs.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Syria held its first public trial of an Assad-era official Sunday, with former army general Atef Najib facing ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The first public trial in Syria of officials linked to the rule of former president Bashar al-Assad opened Sunday in Damascus. Atef Najib, a former Syrian army brigadier general ...

Damascus, April 18 (SANA) Marking World Heritage Day, Damascus University organized a heritage-themed marathon through the historic center the Old City on Saturday, in an effort to draw attention to ...

UAE denounces attacks on Damascus mission, urges Syria to protect embassy UAE cites Vienna Convention in demand for security of its Damascus mission The UAE strongly condemned and denounced the acts ...

Damascus, April 2 (SANA) Visual artist Mazen Shaiban explored the history of the civilizations that have succeeded one another in Damascus during a lecture held at the Arab Cultural Center in al-Midan ...

Tens of thousands of Syrians flooded the streets of Damascus on Monday to mark the first anniversary of the Assad regime’s collapse. The celebrations came a year after former Syrian dictator Bashar al ...

DAMASCUS, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Six ancient statues have been stolen from the National Museum of Damascus, which is one of the Middle East's oldest cultural institutions and houses a collection showing ...

For the first time in decades, Jews set eyes on the 1,700-year-old Dura Europos synagogue paintings this week. After studying the world’s oldest synagogue paintings for nearly a decade, Jill Joshowitz ...

DAMASCUS, Va. (WJHL) – A press conference was held in the Town of Damascus on Tuesday, where town leaders and representatives from multiple organizations spoke on the recovery efforts from Hurricane ...

Syrian Culture Minister Mohammed Saleh was criticized this week after a video surfaced showing him at a historic Orthodox church with Islamic chanter Al-Mu’tasim Billah Al-Assali, who performed an ...