Rebel forces in Syria reached the suburbs of Damascus on Saturday, marking the “final phase” of their offensive -- and President-elect Donald Trump urged the United States not to get involved.

Syrian forces conducted a training exercise in Damascus, detonating leftover munitions. The controlled explosion, heard ...

Syrian rebel forces announced on Sunday (Dec. 8) that Damascus was “free" and claimed that President Bashar al-Assad had left the capital, marking the historic end of the Assad family's 50-year ...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad boarded a plane and left Damascus for an unknown destination on Sunday, two senior army officers told Reuters, as rebels said they had entered the capital with no ...

Oregon’s most reluctant city is back -- despite years of desperately trying to disband. The Oregon Court of Appeals released an opinion Wednesday three years after Damascus disincorporated to ...

S yrian rebel forces have reached Damascus as the capital city's defence forces collapsed and intense gunfire sounds were heard as reported by multiple residents of the city. This comes after the ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Insurgents’ stunning march across Syria accelerated Saturday with news that they had reached the gates of the capital and that government forces had abandoned the central city of ...

Damascus. Damascus is the capital of the Syrian Arab Republic.. Its current population is estimated at about 1.67 million. In Arabic, the city is called Dimashq ash-Sham, meaning land of the north.

After rebels took a Damascus railway station and attacked a central square, a new level of alarm and disorder has suffused Syria's capital city. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience ...

A visit to the souk in the old city in the Syrian capital of Damascus tell us a lot about the state of the country's current economy. Sponsor Message. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: ...

Damascus - Majed al-Sabah has big hopes for "the street called straight" in Damascus' Old City - the part-owner of Syria's first designer clothes store thinks this road will one day become a must ...