NewsAs the police undergo reorganization and redeployment, volunteers, some of whom are armed, take turns guarding the Christian sectors of the Syrian capital. They primarily deal with thieves ...

People walk past shops on a street in the Bab Touma neighborhood of the Old City of Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) ...

There were celebrations in Damascus on Sunday as crowds stormed ... It's unbelievable,” said Hasan Maknieh, a resident of the old neighbourhood of Bab Touma. Military uniforms were abandoned ...

In Damascus again after a hiatus of nearly eight years, I decided to see what remained of the city’s once flourishing ... My friend Firas and I set out from Bab Touma one Saturday morning ...

DAMASCUS, 10 May (BelTA - SANA). - Damascus, which is considered as the oldest inhabited city ... Bab al-Faraj and Bab al-Nasr. As for the main gates of Damascus, they are only seven; Bab Touma ...

A Druze commando entered the Franciscan convent, located in the Christian quarter of Bab-Touma (St. Paul) in the Old City of Damascus, and massacred the friars: Manuel Ruiz, Carmelo Bolta ...

Beirut - Twin bombs killed 30 people and wounded more than 40 in the Old ... City of Damascus on Saturday in a rare attack in the Syrian capital, a monitoring group said. A roadside bomb detonated as ...

A visit to the souk in the old city in the Syrian capital of Damascus tell us a lot about the state of the country's current economy. Syrians are learning a lot about their country after the fall ...

Resembling a crown, the towering and turreted walls of the Damascus Gate are a significant ... Uniquely among the gates surrounding the Old City, Bab al-Amoud has had the same name since around ...