Today, Damascus residents "have enough with just going out within the confines of their own neighbourhoods, whether for recreation or to buy what they need", says one Syrian.(AFP/File) ...

Lizzie Porter reported from Rableh, Syria. People pose for photos in front of a Christmas tree and nativity scene in the Bab Touma neighbourhood of Damascus on Christmas Eve. AP Photo© Hussein Malla ...

AL-SHALCHI: "Yes, it's much busier because of people who weren't able to come to Damascus before," he says. Many Syrians fled their homes when the Assad regime clamped down on peaceful protests in ...

Visiting Jewish worshippers attend the first prayer since 1992, held in the Ifrange Synagogue in the Jewish quarter in Old Damascus' Bab Sharqi neighbourhood, on February 19, 2025. AFP ...

In a Shi'ite part of Damascus's old city, Hassan, a chubby 26-year-old in flip flops, patrols a street that leads to the Sunni neighbourhood nearby. "They're well-armed over there, thanks to the Gulf.

DAMASCUS, Syria -- Majed al-Sabah has big hopes for the street called Straight in this capital's Old City. The part-owner of Syria's first designer clothing store says this road will one day ...

Visiting the market in the old city of Damascus, once inaccessible to many Syrians Hadeel Al-Shalchi December 27, 2024 / 3:09 pm 5 mins ...