Damascus Opera House director Lama Sallouh walks through the empty theater in Damascus, Syria on Thursday, May 1, 2014. Two art students were killed and five others were wounded when a mortar ...

The charms of Old Damascus are a kind of calm before the storm. But after Syrians started protesting against Bashar al-Assad’s crooked regime in 2011, only to be brutally repressed, her house ...

Damascus ,SANA- When we mention Damascus city, our imagination immediately turns towards the old city with its alleys, houses, buildings, and beautiful historical and heritage architectural landmarks.

The courtyard of Naasan palace in the old part of Damascus on November 18, 2020. PhotoL: Louai Beshara/AFP Also in Syria ...

Majed al-Sabah and his partner have joined a wave of individual investors who are putting money into bricks and mortar in Damascus' Old City - hoping to covert "the street called straight" to the ...

At Damascus opera house, hopes for a better future. ... "We hope for more support -- under the old regime, we had no financial aid or even symbolic support," the 33-year-old said.

Hundreds of Palestinians celebrated at the Damascus Gate entrance to Jerusalem’s Old City on Sunday evening after police halted a controversial policy that barred Muslim worshipers from ...

At Damascus opera house, hopes for a better future. Explore. Search Tuesday, Jun 10, 2025. ... Father, 9-year-old daughter killed in house fire in Yorkshire, another child critical; ...