The Latest Breaking News from Damascus

Roda Aftan Shlash fled Islamic State militants in eastern Syria with her family five years ago, leaving behind the hardline militants but not the trauma of living under their brutal rule.

At Hammam Bakri in Damascus' Old City, Syrian men wrapped in towels from the waist down lie down on a scalding marble floor. Masseurs vigorously scrub their skin with a soap-soaked loofah and wash them down with hot water. Around a hexagonal fountain outside — traditionally found in old Damascene…

At Hammam Bakri in Damascus’ Old City, Syrian men wrapped in towels from the waist down lie down on a scalding marble floor

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said that “dealing with changes in reality and Arab society requires changing the political approach and thinking.” This came during his meeting with the Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi in Damascus. According to state-owned SANA, Assad and Albusaidi reviewed “the distinguished relations that bind Syria…

Israeli air raids reportedly targeted military outpost, weapons depot used by Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement.

Syrian air defenses confronted Israeli missiles targeting an area near the capital, Damascus, downing some of them, Syria's state news agency reported Monday. SANA cited a military source as saying the missiles came from the skies over eastern Lebanon, and targeted outposts in the vicinity of Damascus, resulting in material…

Syrian air defenses intercepted an Israeli missile barrage targeting the vicinity of the capital Damascus, state media said early on Monday citing a military source.

Syrian air defences intercepted an Israeli missile barrage targeting the eastern outskirts of the capital Damascus, Syrian state media said early on Monday, citing a military source.

The United States is "never going to normalize" relations with Damascus, White House Middle East coordinator Brett McGurk said on Thursday. In a virtual seminar with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, McGurk commented recent moves made by some countries in the Middle East to restore ties with Assad. "We…

Lebanon signed a U.S.-backed deal with Jordan on Wednesday that aims to ease crippling power shortages by transmitting electricity across neighbouring Syria, after Washington assured Beirut it should not fear its sanctions on Damascus.

Prominent figures in Damascus launched an attack against the Syrian government for to its “failure to provide means of heating.” Amid a severe cold wave sweeping all Syrian regions and the lack of means of heating, prominent Syrian actor Firas Ibrahim wrote a post on his Facebook page, which read:…