According to reports, Hakan Fidan, head of Turkiye's National Intelligence Organization, and Syrian intelligence chief Ali Mamlouk met as recently as this week in the Syrian capital.

Reports: Turkiye, Syrian intelligence agencies chiefs meet in Damascus

A couple of hours after Israeli air strikes hit south of Damascus, Syria halted flights from Damascus International Airport, as reported by Reuters, quoting the transport ministry.

Syria halts flights to Damascus, hours after Israeli attack

The Syrian ministry of defence has said that Israeli surface-to-surface missiles killed three people near Damascus. Syria's official news agency SANA quoted a military source as saying, "The Israeli enemy carried out an aggression.

Syria says three killed in Israeli missile strikes targeting Damascus

Around 15,000 ceramic doves were suspended over the streets in Old City of Damascus. It was installed as part of an art exhibition that was set to debut before Syria’s war. The art installation in Old City of Damascus was crafted by Buthaina al-Ali. The doves were in a basement since the conflict in Syria in 2011.

Damascus: 15,000 doves are finally free!

A bomb attack on an army in killed 14 people Wednesday in the bloodiest such attack to strike the Syrian capital in four years, the SANA state news agency reported.

14 killed in army bus bombing in Damascus

Syrian state media said on Monday that Israel launched missile strikes against several targets near Damascus. The report said that the strike prompted activation of Syrian air defences.

Syria intercepted Israeli missiles over Damascus, says state media

An artist in Syria is using his architecture background to add a modern twist to his most favourite art: Arabic calligraphy.

Syrian artist gives new depths to paintings with calligraphy

Physical disability is seen as a road block to leading a normal life. Society treats people with disabilities as special which often pushes them to brink of isolation. Caught in a similar situation this duo from Syria's Damascus presents an inspiring story.

Duo with disabilities help each other overcoming hardships together

Syrian Maen Khadour has taken to urban gardening on his Damascus rooftop, now filled with young trees and canisters turned into pots where eggplants, onions, lettuce, parsley, rocca and spinach grow.

Urban gardening on a Damascus rooftop during coronavirus lockdown, Ramadan

At least 32 people died Saturday after a fuel tanker crashed into two buses and several other vehicles on a road connecting the Syrian capital to Homs province, state media reported.

Syria road crash kills 32, including Iraqis

A senior member of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, Farhad Dabirian, was "martyred" in Syria on Friday, Fars news agency reported, without giving details of how he died.

Senior member of Iran's Revolutionary Guards killed in Syria: Report

Syrian air defence responded to Israeli missiles targeting the south and centre of the country, state media said early Thursday. "Our air defence confronted an Israeli missile attack in the southwest of Quneitra province" in the south and also in a central region, SANA news agency said.

Syrian air defence responds to 'Israeli missiles': Report

Turkey will strike Syrian regime forces "everywhere" if its soldiers come under renewed attack, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Wednesday, while also accusing Damascus ally Russia of committing "massacres" in Idlib.

Erdogan threatens Damascus, slams Moscow over Idlib 'massacre'

The optics seem evident: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is at odds with just about everybody. Erdogan is on opposite sides of Russia in Syria, with Turkish and Syrian troops poised for an all-out fight in the north of the war-torn country, as well as, in Libya.

Erdogan battles on multiple fronts in risky regional power bid

Omar al-Tawil, a 15-year-old schoolboy in Damascus, is one of 24,000 Syrian youngsters now learning Russian at school after the country added the language of the government's most powerful ally to the curriculum.

Syrian students opt to learn 'Russian' language at school for better future

January 06 in history: From Mother Teresa arriving in Calcutta to first general election in Vietnam and more!

The European Union called on Syria's regime and its allies to halt "indiscriminate" military attacks on civilians in the country's north-west, where an intensifying bombardment by Damascus and Russian forces has displaced tens of thousands.

Syria regime must halt 'escalation of violence': European Union

A war monitor said Monday that air raids in Syria the previous night, blamed on Israel, killed at least three foreign pro-regime fighters south of the war-torn country's capital.

Israeli strike on Syria killed 3 regime loyalists: Sources

A Deadly Wave Of Airstrikes Have Hit Syria. On Sunday, Areas Near Damascus & Homs Were Attacked, Allegedly By The Israeli Forces

Gravitas: Syria accuses Israel of deadly wave of strikes

Four civilians were dead and 21 got injured in Israeli missile strikes near Damascus late Sunday, state media reported. The report further said that the missiles struck near Damascus and in Homs province.

Four dead, 21 injured in Israeli missile strikes: Syria

Israeli warplanes fired missiles targeting Syrian military positions in Homs and the Damascus outskirts in an attack that killed at least four civilians and wounded another 21, Syrian state media said. Watch this video to know more.

Syrian state media: Israeli missile strike kills four civilians

Preserving history is an important mission here in west Asia..both intangible and tangible heritage are taken very seriously..in Damascus, thanks to some people, vestiges of Syria’s past have been kept safe -- inside private homes..like this private museum in Syria’s capital city Damascus, which boasts of more than three-thousand antiquities..

The West Asia Post: Damascus Museum; Oasis in war-torn Syria

Damascus said it had been informed Iraqi flights to Syria would not resume as planned Saturday after more than seven years, over what it said were "administrative" reasons.

Return of Iraq-Syria flights postponed: Damascus

Damascus condemned on Friday US President Donald Trump's statement that it was time to recognise Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, vowing Syria would recover the area using "all available means".

Syria slams Trump, vows to recover Israeli-occupied Golan

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