Syria’s president has received a Republican member of Congress in the first visit to the country by American legislators ...

Accompanied by unidentified members of the delegation, U.S. congressman Cory Mills (R-FL), second from right, walks in the Old City of Damascus Friday, April 18, 2025. Mills is in Damascus in an ...

Marlin Stutzman of Indiana and Mills toured parts of Damascus, including the old quarter of the city as well as one of the oldest synagogues in the world that was badly damaged and looted during ...

"Ninety-nine percent of families were displaced north, to Homs or Damascus," says ... At the century-old Zenobia Cham Palace Hotel overlooking the ancient city, the walls are marked with bullet ...

You can access the Old City from seven entryways: the New Gate, Damascus Gate, Herod's Gate, Lions' Gate, Dung Gate, Zion Gate, and Jaffa Gate. Each doorway marks a significant era of Jerusalem's ...

Across the ancient Mediterranean, few luxury commodities were as prized, rare, and expensive as Tyrian purple, a dye used in ...

I was tapped on the shoulder by an old friend I have not seen in person since before COVID. Small world. In Damascus, the standout sense is how normal everything feels. Which is remarkable for a city ...

A pair of Republican Congress members have arrived in the Syrian capital on an unofficial visit organized by a ...