The Latest Breaking News from Damascus

Battle in Latakia is marked escalation by Bashar al-Assad loyalists against Syria’s new Islamist-led government

American Jews who fled their Syrian homeland decades ago went to the White House this week to appeal to the Trump administration to lift sanctions on the country

For the 41-year-old brothers, returning to their flat is bittersweet. Their apartment was more than just a home. It was once a stage, a space where they performed original theatre plays away from the watchful eye of the Bashar al-Assad regime

Militia keeping IS in check pressured by new regime in Damascus, emboldened Turkey and US unpredictability

The capture of Damascus by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and the collapse of the regime of Bashar al-Assad last December sent shockwaves through Syria’s political landscape, heralding an unprecedented shift in power. The rise to power of HTS, formerly the Al-Nusra Front, is a litmus test for assessing whether militant…

Syria's tiny Jewish community said they held their first group prayer in decades Wednesday, in a synagogue in Damascus's Old City, expressing joy at the long-awaited return to public worship.

In cities along the M5 highway just after the fall of Assad, many expressed relief – along with wariness about the future

Men are accused of involvement in the execution of nearly 300 civilians by government forces in Damascus in 2013, which the perpetrators filmed

The former military officer, previously known only as ‘Caesar’, smuggled evidence of thousands of deaths out of the country