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 ...

Syria’s Islamist leaders pledged to respect religious freedom despite their radical past. Many Christians and Shiites are ...

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"Russia's crimes here were indescribable," says Ahmed Taha, a rebel commander in Douma, six miles north-east of the capital Damascus. The city was ... from Moscow. In Bab Touma, the ancient ...