Since Islamist rebels overthrew the Assad dictatorship in Syria, Egypt, with parallels in its own recent history, has watched ...

Books recounting torture in Syrian prisons or texts on radical Islamic theology now sit openly in Damascus bookstores, no ...

In 1980, a routine maintenance mishap led to a catastrophic missile explosion in Damascus, Arkansas, nearly triggering a ...

DAMASCUS, Syria—The people of Syria said good riddance in the past month to the dictatorship that ruled for half a century. They have no idea what is coming next. So when the clock struck ...

They say the city seems theirs again. Mount Qasioun, which overlooks the Syrian capital, Damascus, is being revived as a leisure spot. Residents of Syria’s capital are picnicking on a once ...

Revolutionary songs rang out in downtown Damascus overnight Tuesday as Syrians marked the first new year's celebration without an Assad in power for more than 50 years. Umayyad Square in the ...

Victims of chemical weapons attacks by the overthrown Baathist regime forces gathered in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Tuesday to demand that those responsible for "chemical massacres" be held ...

International flights in and out of Syria’s main airport in Damascus will resume next week after being halted since rebels overthrew former President Bashar al-Assad’s regime last month.

Strikes on a military base in the rural area of Damascus, Syria, took place on Thursday afternoon, according to Arab media reports. The strikes were attributed to Israel and said to be a raid on ...

Austin Tice's Mother, in Damascus, Hopes to Find Son Missing Since 2012 (This Dec. 18 story has been corrected to show that the New York Times first reported Tice's escape, in paragraph 11 ...

DAMASCUS-Books recounting torture in Syrian prisons or texts on radical Islamic theology now sit openly in Damascus bookstores, no longer traded in secret after iron-fisted ruler Bashar al-Assad ...