The interior ministry says a man affiliated with IS entered a church and opened fire before blowing himself up.

As Syria emerges from the devastation of a 13-year civil war and more than 50 years of authoritarian rule, there are signs of ...

At a bistro on a narrow alleyway in the heart of Old Damascus, a district known for vibrant ... "They're gaining influence, sometimes more than the locals." In Bab Sharqi, a Christian quarter of ...

It's shortly before midnight in Damascus, and the crowd at a Bab Sharqi nightclub in the heart of the Syrian capital are giving it their all. Bodies pulsating to the rhythm of the techno beats by ...

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.

The ruins of the Tiferet Yisrael Synagogue in the Old City of Jerusalem, on November 28, 2012 (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Tensions around the project have been simmering for years.

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A suicide bomber in Syria on Sunday detonated himself inside a church filled with people, state television and a war monitor said. The explosion in Dweil’a in the ...

A City Watch has been issued for a missing 77-year-old woman after her family said she wandered away from her home.

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Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old democratic socialist, stunned the political world by beating Andrew Cuomo with a platform of rent freezes, free buses and city-owned grocery stores.

I took my 75-year-old grandmother on her dream Italy trip to Sicily. The city was accessible for an older relative and we loved Taormina and the food.