ROME (AP) — Just before breaking the Ramadan fast on Sunday evening, Hasan Zaheda played basketball with his son in the tiny ...

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

ROME — Just before breaking the Ramadan fast ... They have no pictures from their native Syria – they fled Damascus at the height of the civil war with only one change of clothes, diapers ...

They have no pictures from their native Syria – they fled Damascus at the height of the ... paperwork that Francis could bring back to Rome with him, and asked them to make a decision on the ...

Syria's tiny Jewish community said they held their first group prayer in decades Wednesday, in a synagogue in Damascus's Old City, expressing joy at the long-awaited return to public worship.

Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] BEIRUT (AP) — A delegation from the global chemical weapons watchdog was in Damascus on Saturday for ... family that Pope Francis ...

By Alissa J. Rubin Reporting from the Faysh Khabur border crossing between Iraq and Syria In the Syrian capital, Damascus, the country’s new leader has hosted a national unity conference and ...

Netanyahu’s comments Sunday at a military graduation led to new concerns over the Israeli presence, and sway, in a swath of southern Syria as Damascus’ new leaders attempt to consolidate ...

A group of Syrian Jews recently visited Damascus for the first time in over 30 years, Reuters reported. Rabbi Joseph Hamra, 77, and his son Henry, 48, visited a synagogue in the Syrian capital and ...

As is often the case, this concept is based on historical reality: Damascus steel, which was used from the Middle Ages onward to manufacture near-eternal swords that were highly prized. But this ...