Vilified by the Assad regime, these Nobel-nominated first responders operated only in rebel areas. Now their founder is in ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — When a dozen firefighters ... putting out the flames before anyone was injured, wore gold and navy uniforms — and signature white helmets. They're Syria's most famous first ...

some people carried guns, some people left, and some people volunteered." Before the war, Mustafa Bakkar raised chickens and worked at his family's butcher shop in Douma, northeast of Damascus.

It’s been 31 years since a plucky chestnut gelding named Slew of Damascus pulled the rope-a-dope on a small but stout field in the Grade 1 Hollywood Gold Cup out in California. Grabbing the lead ...