Israel struck Syrian military targets as well as central Damascus on Wednesday (July 16) in what it says is an effort to ...

Israel says it is intervening to protect Syria’s Druze residents who have strong ties to Israel’s Druze community. Damascus ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian government officials and leaders in the Druze religious minority announced Wednesday a renewed ...

Suicide bomber detonates explosive vest killing 22, wounding 63 others in strike at Syrian church near Damascus during mass By . Associated Press. Published June 22, 2025.

A suicide bomber attacks a church on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, on June 22, 2025. (BAKR ALKASEM/AFP via Getty Images) Security forces and first-responders rushed to the church.

Damascus Better Off Than Most Cities. More On Syria. Middle East 6 Months Of Combat, And No Victor In Syria's Biggest City. Damascenes know that their city is the final frontier in the civil war ...

People inspect the damage after a blast at the Mar Elias Church in the Dweila neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, June 22, 2025. Firas Makdesi / REUTERS More from CBS News. Trump admin. voices alarm ...

A New York Times story on the growing violence in Damascus, Syria's capital and long a center of culture and history in the Middle East, ends with a nod to a poem about life in that city ...

A Surprise Advance to Damascus, Captured on Video Bashar Al-Assad’s grip over Syria was visible everywhere in the capital. It was all dismantled in less than 24 hours.

We want to learn to be men and love Damascus. From our hearts and see Damascus up close. Nearby, Aya Kalas, 28, and her soon-to-be fiancé, Khalid al-Qadi, 26, sat at a picnic table enjoying the view.

The governor of Damascus -- speaking for his direct boss Ahmed al-Sharaa, the newly installed leader of Syria -- says the government wants to facilitate cordial relations between Israel and Syria.