From the early morning hours, crowds of men, women and children flocked to pray at Damascus's historic Umayyad Mosque for Eid ...

Eid al-Fitr in Syria was charged with newfound joy this year, as thousands freely celebrated the holiday for the first time ...

Damascus] For the first time in more than five decades, Syrians are observing the holy month of Ramadan without the rule of ...

For Syrians observing Ramadan, this Muslim holy month is their first in their homeland since the end of the Assad family's ...

Sahar Diab had visited Damascus’ famed Umayyad Mosque previously. But as the Syrian lawyer went there to pray during her country’s first Ramadan after the end of the Assad family’s iron-fisted rule, ...

Before Germany, Italy reopened its embassy last year before the fall of Assad, and Spain reopened its embassy after his ouster. Germany reopened its embassy in Damascus on Thursday, 13 years after ...

Photo shows New Year's Weather: Dark grey storm clouds over a green forested area, with a rain storm on the horizon.

Germany has reopened its embassy in Damascus, 13 years after it was shuttered in the early phase of Syria's civil war. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock reopened the mission during a visit to ...

Syrians gathered on Saturday to commemorate the 14th anniversary of their uprising with a public demonstration in Damascus for the first time since president Bashar al-Assad was toppled.

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Thousands of Syrians poured into the streets and public squares on Saturday to mark the 14th anniversary of the start of the country’s civil war for the first time since ...

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