It used to be that visitors to this ancient Arab city had limited options for fine dining: a buffet at the Sheraton, a French bistro at the Meridia ...

DAMASCUS, SYRIA — Early travelers crossing the desert to Syria got their first view of Damascus from the top of Jebel Qassioun, a gently sloped mountain northwest of town. It was not a sight ...

In Old Damascus – one of the longest inhabited cities in the world – 5,000 years of history come alive. The tight network of traditional streets are complemented by stunning architectural ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Rima Jourieh begins her inspections early, when the click of her heels on cobblestone echoes through the narrow alleyways of Old Damascus.

Across Old Damascus, in the labyrinthine alleys of the Bab Touma district, Juman Edilbi said he sensed rising confidence among fellow residents of the Syrian capital. Advertisement.

DAMASCUS, Syria — Scenes from the old, walled city of Damascus: A carpet dealer skilled at multilingual bargaining is cajoling a tourist into his showroom.

The charms of Old Damascus are a kind of calm before the storm. But after Syrians started protesting against Bashar al-Assad’s crooked regime in 2011, only to be brutally repressed, her house ...

Rabbi Yusuf Hamra steps into the more than 500-year-old Faranj synagogue in Damascus for the first time in more than three decades. He left Syria, along with most of the country's historic Jewish ...