Founded in the 3rd millennium B.C., Damascus is one of the oldest cities in the Middle East. In the Middle Ages, it was the centre of a flourishing craft industry, specializing in swords and lace. The ...

He took the road to Damascus. What he found was a city caught between its ancient roots and modern sensibilities. February 17, 2008More than 17years ago By Christopher Vourlias ...

Get facts, photos, and travel tips for the ancient city of Damascus, a World Heritage site in Syria, from National Geographic.

The Ancient City of Damascus was put on the list of World Heritage Sites in danger in 2013. Tarek Nahass, the Director-General of the Old City of Damascus, who has been overseeing the reconstruction ...

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Founded in 3,000 BC, Damascus is one of the most ancient continuously inhabited cities of the Middle East and foreigners have flocked to it throughout history.

After months of fierce fighting, the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) captured the town of Palmyra northeast of Syria’s capital Damascus on Thursday, leaving the group in control ...

It has been thousands of years, too. Syria's capital is thought to be the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world. At least 6,000 years before Christ, people called Damascus home.