51 - Cultural Properties - Examination of minor boundary modifications - Old City of Damascus (Syrian Arab Republic) 2011 35COM 8D - Clarifications of property boundaries and areas by States Parties ...

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.

100 days of DOGE: lots of chaos, not so much efficiency At the Social Security Administration, lawyers, statisticians and other high-ranking agency officials are being sent from the Baltimore ...

A pair of Republican Congress members have arrived in the Syrian capital on an unofficial visit organized by a ...

You can access the Old City from seven entryways: the New Gate, Damascus Gate, Herod's Gate, Lions' Gate, Dung Gate, Zion Gate, and Jaffa Gate. Each doorway marks a significant era of Jerusalem's ...

The conservative Muslim rebels who ousted Syria's dictator late last year had arrived to shut down the trendy cocktail bar Mahmoud runs in the Old City of Damascus. Two government agents placed an ...

For hundreds of years, workers at the natural leather industry in Damascus Old City have been inheriting the profession from generation to generation. “I have been working at the natural leather ...

Since arriving in Syria on an unofficial visit Friday, Rep. Marlin Stutzman of Indiana and Mills toured parts of Damascus, ...

FILE - Residents walk in the market on the first day of Ramadan, the holy month for Muslims, in the old city of Damascus, Syria, Saturday March 1, 2025.(AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki, File) Advertisement ...

The group was also visiting with religious leaders, including representatives of Syria’s Christian minority, and touring historical sites in the Old City of Damascus, the capital, as well as ...