Imagine stumbling upon a fossil so delicate that it reveals the ghostly outline of ancient feathers, hinting at a lost world ...

Damascus Vice-Mayor Taylor Faust said much of the debris has been carried off. Ironically, while News Channel 11 talked with Faust, crews cleared trees directly behind him.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The White Helmets did not dare set foot near Damascus for years after dictator Bashar al-Assad branded the ...

Security forces in the Damascus countryside announced the arrest of Shadi Adel Mahfouz, describing him as one of the individuals involved in recent attacks on security forces in the coastal region.