The military’s expanded perch on the peak of Mount Hermon, straddling the so-called disengagement zone, gives Israel clear sightlines to the Syrian capital, Damascus, 25 miles away. Israeli ...

The cyclical nature of power. The centuries-old unabated contestation on the socio-political turf of Damascus has defined its character. The current developments in Syria, therefore, ought to be ...

DAMASCUS, Syria—Rebel fighters and civilians strolled through the grounds of Bashar al-Assad’s presidential palace on Tuesday, stepping on shredded posters of the former dictator who had fled ...

Instead, he was detained upon arrival at Damascus International Airport, and disappeared into the prison system once again. On Tuesday, relatives in Damascus identified his body among around 40 ...

Damascus (AFP) – In Damascus, life is cautiously returning to normal as residents step out of their homes into a Syria transformed by the ousting of long-time president Bashar al-Assad. "We were ...

Ostaz said she left her house for the first time since the offensive began to go shopping in central Damascus on Tuesday. She strolled through the market with her husband, smiling at patrons and ...

Damascus – Syria's capital city was on auto-pilot Tuesday, with no new government in place in the wake of the dramatic rebel offensive that toppled longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad on Sunday ...

An Israeli military incursion into Syria has reached about 25km (16 miles) southwest of Damascus, Syrian security sources said on Tuesday, after Israel seized a buffer zone in southern Syria and ...

Syria Central Bank Vaults Left Unscathed by Damascus Looters, Sources Say By Timour Azhari and Maya Gebeily DAMASCUS (Reuters) - The vaults in Syria's central bank were left unscathed by looters ...

The smell of freedom was in the air around Damascus on Sunday as rebel forces stormed the world’s oldest city, forcing Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad to flee to Moscow with his family, where they ...

Syria’s opposition forces are in talks to take formal control of the country after a sweeping offensive that captured swaths of territory, including Damascus, and ousted longtime President ...

Syrian rebels had seized Damascus unopposed on Sunday after a lightning advance that sent Assad fleeing to Russia after a 13-year civil war and more than five decades of autocratic Assad family rule.