The unexpected transformation of the Barada River's water color to red at the heart of the Syrian capital, Damascus, surprised and perplexed the local residents, leading to numerous questions.

Damascus, SANA_ The mosaic pieces that adorn entrance of the Great Umayyad Mosque are intertwined to embody Barada River and Ghouta of Damascus through the largest mosaic panel existed in the ...

Hundreds of Syrian rebel fighters and their families have been evacuated out of a strategic valley near Damascus, marking another major victory for the government.

At least 40 people, some of them children, have been killed in a car bomb blast outside a mosque in Syria's Damascus province, activists say.