Hundreds of people have protested in Christian areas of the Syrian capital of Damascus after a video emerged showing hooded fighters setting a Christmas tree on fire elsewhere in the country.

The jaw-dropping footage shows Mohammad al-Shebli inside one of the Damascus prisons with the Wall Street Journal as he translates the words of despair, hope, and faith scribbled along the walls ...

The tiny Jewish community in Damascus was not targeted during the overthrow of the Assad regime by rebel groups last week, one of its members told Israeli broadcaster Kan on Saturday. He stated ...

HUSSEINIYEH, Syria (AP) — A rebel force deployed to a village in southeastern Damascus to stop looters who swarmed a residential complex and set some apartments on fire. The raid by the rebel ...

A severe fuel shortage lasting more than ten days has led to long queues of cars forming in front of gas stations in Damascus. After a brutal 54-year rule and a 13-year civil war, Syrian rebels ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Thousands of Syrians gathered Friday in Damascus’ historic main mosque for the first Muslim Friday prayers since the downfall of former President Bashar Assad, while giant ...

Some traffic officers abandoned their uniforms and motorbikes in the street on December 8, the day the rebels took Damascus. Traffic jams resulted, especially where signals weren't working or ...

JAKARTA: As news lingered on a nerve-wracking Saturday evening that rebel forces were preparing to enter the Syrian capital Damascus, residents shuttered their doors and windows. Among them were ...

At Umayyad Square in central Damascus, tens of thousands of people had the party of a lifetime on Friday. Filling the roundabout to the brink, they partied late into the evening, celebrating the ...