Syrian Capital

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  Syria's Driest Winter In 7 Decades Triggers Severe Water Crisis In Damascus

  Inside a mountain above the Syrian capital, Hassan Bashi walked through tunnels that used to be filled with water from a spring famous for its pure waters.

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  What Lifting Of US Sanctions Mean For War-Torn Syria

  US President Donald Trump's announcement from Saudi Arabia about the United States easing wide-ranging sanctions on Syria sparked festivities in the capital, Damascus, as Syrians hoped for relief after years of impoverishment by civil war.

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  Safe From Looting, Damascus Museum Reopens A Month After Assad's Fall

  Syrians returned on Wednesday to the national museum in Damascus, reopened for the first time since Islamist-led forces seized the capital and ousted president Bashar al-Assad.

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  First Qatari Flight Lands In Syrian Capital Damascus After Nearly 13 Years

  The first Qatari commercial flight in nearly 13 years landed in Damascus on Tuesday.

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  Mossad Spy Was Publicly Hanged By Syria In 1965. Israel Wants His Body Back

  Businessman Kamel Amin Thaabet arrived in the Syrian capital of Damascus in 1962. He threw lavish parties, became part of the city's social elite and quickly gained access to the country's most powerful men.

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  Salt Chambers, Crematoriums, Makeshift Morgues: Horrors Of Assad's Prison

  Saydnaya prison north of the Syrian capital Damascus has become a symbol of the inhumane abuses of the Assad clan, especially since the country's civil war erupted in 2011.

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  After Nearly 13 Years, Qatar Airways To Resume Flights To Syria's Damascus

  Qatar Airways announced on Thursday it will resume flights to the Syrian capital Damascus after nearly 13 years, starting with three weekly flights beginning on Tuesday.

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  US Sanctions Syrian Leader Bashar Al Assad's Father-In-Law

  The US unveiled sanctions Monday against Bashar al-Assad's father-in-law, a day after the former Syrian president reportedly fled to Russia as rebels took over the capital Damascus.

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  Timeline: 10-Day Blitzkrieg Campaign That Ended Assad's Rule In Syria

  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad fled the country with his family and took asylum in Russia after rebels took control of the country in a 10-day blitzkrieg, seizing the capital Damascus and toppling the government.

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  Refugee Crisis, Kurdistan Question: What's Turkey's "New Reality" In Syria

  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime collapsed in just 13 days of rebel offensive after 24 years of rule, leaving a political vacuum in its capital Damascus.

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  Charging Rebels, Fleeing Allies: How Syria's Bashar Al-Assad Reached Russia

  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was on Sunday forced to flee the country after rebels seized the capital Damascus, ending his 24-year rule.

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  Syria Civil War: All About Rebels Behind The Fall Of Bashar Al-Assad

  Syrians woke up on Monday to an uncertain future, after rebels seized the capital Damascus, forcing President Bashar al-Assad to flee to Russia, ending 13 years of civil war, and five decades of iron-fisted Baath rule.

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  With Bashar al-Assad Gone To Russia, US Strikes ISIS Camps Inside Syria

  The US on Sunday struck dozens of the ISIS targets inside Syria, just hours after rebels seized the capital Damascus and forced President Bashar al-Assad to flee to Russia after 13 years of civil war and six decades of his family's autocratic rule.

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  Mystery Surrounds Whereabouts Of Assad, Who Boarded Flight From Syria

  Mystery surrounded the whereabouts of Bashar al-Assad, who was no longer in Damascus when rebels captured the Syrian capital on Sunday, ending more than five decades of his family's rule.

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  "Watershed Moment In Syria's History": UN Special Envoy On Assad's Fall

  The UN envoy for Syria said the country was at "a watershed moment" on Sunday after rebels declared they had taken the capital, Damascus.