Fifteen people were killed and 16 others injured in Israeli strikes on Damascus in Syria, state media SANA said, citing a military source and marking one of the deadliest strikes in months to hit the ...

Syria's government appears to have fallen after opposition fighters said they had entered Damascus following a stunning advance, and a Syrian opposition war monitor reported that President Bashar ...

Rebel forces in Syria reached the suburbs of Damascus on Saturday, marking what the jihadist-backed groups called the “final phase” of their offensive against the government as protesters in the city ...

Members of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) meet with authorities in Damascus on June 1. (SANA) A delegation from the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria ...

Damascus, Syria – On the morning of December 5, 2025, a taxi drove me across the Lebanon-Syria border. This time was different from my first trip across, in the early hours of December 9, 2024, just a ...

DAMASCUS — As Syrians flood the streets to celebrate a turning point in their nation’s history, their emotions are a mix of joy and sorrow. The jubilance of newfound freedom is tempered by the ...

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See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A Syrian Airplane took off from Damascus airport around the time rebels ...

In just two weeks, rebel forces tore across Syria, shattering the stalemate left by more than a decade of civil war and bringing an end to more than five decades of brutal rule by the Assad dynasty.

The fighting has stopped in Damascus. But despite the look of normality, this is a city of black-market deals, shortages and deep pessimism. Silence fills the Damascus sky – no war planes, no ...