In Syria’s capital, the civil war suddenly seems far away Pedestrians lounge near the newly installed “I love Damascus” sign in Damascus, Syria, on Oct. 31. (Nabih Bulos / Los Angeles Times) ...

This is often lost in photos from Syria’s pre-war history, as a reviewer who was critical of the new “Syria Before the Deluge” exhibit argued recently.I visited the exhibit this week. I’m ...

The taxi pulled up to the curb near Bab Touma, and it was clear, even before it came to a halt, that this place, in the Christian quarter of Damascus and one of the oldest parts of the city, was ...

Homs is one of the first places where Syria's uprising became a full-blown war. In 2012, a reporter told the BBC of government artillery strikes killing children in a section of Homs known as Bab Amr.

Syria: A Neighborhood’s War. By Leen Zyiad. March 6, 2012 ... “I saw people walking down the street in their pajamas. ... Photograph of the Bab Tudmor neighborhood of Homs by AFP/Getty Images.

In northern Syria, people already displaced by civil war are now suffering from the effects of this week's earthquake. But aid has been unable to reach them.

People walk inside the Khan al-Shounah market, in the Old City of Aleppo, Syria, on December 11, 2009. (Khalil Ashawi/Reuters) There is a unique type of fabric in Aleppo.

Bab-al-Hawa is a lifeline for the opposition-controlled sliver of northeastern Syria, a region that is home to many anti-government fighters and their families who fled their hometowns during the war.

Shihabi's smelter is just a fraction of the size of his pre-war operation, which employed 150 people before it was hit in a 2012 air raid. Now it has just 25 workers, and production is down nearly ...

The 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck before dawn 11 days ago, killing more than 38,000 people in Turkey and 5,800 in Syria. It has left millions homeless and sparked a huge relief effort, although ...