Turkey reopens Damascus embassy after Assad’s fall
The Turkish flag is raised over the diplomatic mission in the presence of the new charge d’affairs Burhan Koroglu. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Mass Crowds in Damascus for First Friday Prayers Since Assad's Fall
Friday prayers carry significant symbolism as they were a rallying point during the early days of 2011 uprising-turned-civil war.
Inside a Syrian prison in post-Assad Damascus
Foreign correspondent Nabih Bulos walks through the notorious Syrian military detention center Branch 215 in Damascus. The center first gained international infamy after a regime defector under the pseudonym of Caesar released tens of thousands of photos in 2014 of deceased prisoners tortured in its dungeons.
Joy, fear and confusion in Damascus as Syrians welcome life after Assad
Rapturous celebrations in the streets of the capital were tempered by trepidation over whether the city’s new rebel caretakers could deliver a better future.
Syrians in Damascus struggle for fuel
Long queues of cars lined up in front of gas stations in Damascus on Saturday (December 14) amid a severe fuel shortage lasting more than ten days.
Thousands gather in Damascus celebrating the fall of Assad regime
Assad fled to Russia after a 13-year civil war and more than five decades of his family's autocratic rule, during which Syria ran one of the most oppressive police states in the Middle East.
The fall of Damascus expressed in one moment, as witnessed by an AP photographer
He became a staff photographer in October 2003, taking up base in Jordan before becoming chief photographer out of Beirut two ...
Syrians descend on Damascus hospital in search for country's missing
Family members and friends of thousands of missing Syrians are continuing their search for those disappeared by former ...
Syrian national living in S.C. charged with torturing dissidents at Damascus prison in 2000s
A former Syrian government official residing in South Carolina has been charged with torturing political dissidents at a ...
US man found wandering near Damascus after months in Syrian prison
A US man, detained for months in a Syrian prison after entering the country on foot, has described being freed by ...
Famous Syrian activist Mazen Al-Hamada found dead in Damascus 'slaughterhouse' prison
Al-Hamada travelled the world to share his testimony on the horrors of Assad's regime that he experienced in prison.
American Travis Timmerman found in Damascus after being freed from Syrian prison
Travis Timmerman, a missing American from Missouri, was freed from a Syrian prison and found Thursday outside of Damascus ...
Jordan To Host Syria Talks After Damascus Erupts In Celebration
Jordan will host US, EU, Turkish and Arab diplomats on Saturday for high-level talks on Syria, a day after celebrations in ...
PHOTO COLLECTION: Fall of Damascus
A group of people take a family photo while sitting on a couch in a hall of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s presidential ...
Songs and celebrations at Damascus rally
The BBC's Lina Sinjab says there is a joyous mood in the Syrian capital, as people mark the end of the Assad regime.