The map below shows the location of Jerusalem and Mecca. The blue line represents the straight line joining these two place. The distance shown is the straight line or the air travel distance between ...

The map below shows the location of Jerusalem and Damascus. The blue line represents the straight line joining these two place. The distance shown is the straight line or the air travel distance ...

Israel denied its forces were advancing toward Damascus. On Saturday, Israeli troops began operations to control a demilitarized buffer zone in Syria. This buffer zone, situated between Syria and ...

“We must focus on rebuilding, not fighting,” he said during a press conference in Damascus, adding that Syria’s ability to defend itself is severely hampered. This admission comes as Israel ...

The Golan Heights, situated in the southwest corner of Syria and bordering Israel, Lebanon and Jordan, is a 1,000 square mile rocky plateau around 40 miles (60 kilometres) from Damascus ...

But the new rebel-led government in Damascus has a sordid history ... Prophet Muhammad’s mosque and the Kaaba in Mecca,” referring to sites in Jerusalem and Saudi Arabia.

Since Assad’s flight from Syria, Israel has conducted an air campaign to strike strategic weapons stockpiles in Syria as well as production sites in the cities of Damascus, Homs, Tartus ...

Map: Where is Syria and how ... says it has documented more than 350 strikes by Israel since the fall of the Assad regime on Sunday, including on the capital, Damascus, Aleppo and Hama.

The regime also encouraged Alawites to move from their traditional home in northwest Syria to specific neighborhoods in Damascus ... a coordinated attack on Israel to regain the territory they ...