Plums are another fruit that make the list — though they come in ninth place and are lumped in with other fruits that belong to the same plant family, namely peaches and nectarines.

Peaches and plums are both known as "stone fruits" – and both are members of the Prunus genus. A stone fruit is a fruit that has a large pit, or "stone" in its center, according to the website ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Syrians gathered in Damascus’s al-Marjeh square on Sunday to demonstrate against the unrest that has rocked the country’s western coastal regions, calling for holding ...

Rebels are asserting control in Damascus as questions loom over their plans. By The New York Times The rebels who ended the Assad family’s brutal rule in Syria began asserting control on Monday.

Syria's army has abandoned key cities with little resistance. Nervous residents in Damascus describe security forces on the streets. The state news agency has been forced to deny rumors that ...

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 ...