Besides Damascus, other key cities include Aleppo, known for its historic citadel and ancient bazaar; Homs, a major ...

People inspect the damage at the Citadel of Damascus in the aftermath of what state media said were Israeli air strikes in Syria on Feb. 19, 2023. FIRAS MAKDESI / REUTERS ...

Since civil war broke out in 2011 the country has been left picking up the pieces. Today, archaeological digs have restarted and new excavations are underway in the Damascus Citadel, located in ...

The present city walls, the Citadel, some mosques and tombs survive from the Middle Ages, but the greatest part of the built heritage of the city dates from after the Ottoman conquest of the early ...

The new national emblem is another step in the removal of symbols from the Assad dynasty, which ruled the country for more ...

The Citadel of Damascus, a historic landmark, was also damaged in the incident, though Syrian sources told Reuters that the area of the citadel was hit by a Syrian anti-aircraft missile.

Fierce clashes raged across the suburbs of Damascus as a mortar shell hit the capital's ancient citadel. In this picture, released by SANA, a man inspects a damaged car close to a textile plant ...

Five killed in Israeli air strikes on Syria’s capital, Damascus. One soldier among the dead when missiles hit densely populated central neighbourhood, state media report.

A bomb has exploded on a bus in Syria's capital Damascus, killing at least four people and injuring dozens more, activists and media reports say. The bomb went off near the city's medieval citadel ...

More than 10,000 fans, many of them teenagers, cheered and danced the night away at a Damascus performance by Enrique Iglesias, the first concert by a Western pop singer in Syria in more than 30 ...

A bomb has exploded on a bus in Syria's capital Damascus, killing at least four people and injuring dozens more, activists and media reports say. The bomb went off near the city's medieval citadel ...