Damascus

Hadi Jasim was an Iraqi translator for the US military. Now he's a "global guide" at the Penn Museum in Philadelphia.
Arts, Culture & Media
This Philadelphia museum hired Iraqi and Syrian refugees as tour guides for its Middle East gallery
View of Ghouta and Al Kiswah farms.
Conflict
Bombed and gassed into oblivion: The lost oasis of Damascus
buildings reduced to rubble in Eastern Ghouta
Conflict
‘They are trying to to kill us all.’ Desperate Syrians plead for help in Eastern Ghouta.
Smoke rises from the besieged Eastern Ghouta in Damascus, Syria, Feb. 27, 2018.
Conflict
Opposing sides in Syria’s punishing civil war ask whether they can ever forgive
A woman stands inside a Damascus grocery shop beside a picture of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad. The text beneath the Syrian leader reads "With you" in Arabic.
Conflict
Middle class residents of Damascus cling to a surreal good life, even with ISIS pounding on the door
A Syrian child who lost both of her parents attends a gathering organized by a charity for orphans in Douma, near Damascus.
Justice
Hope is all but gone in Syria, but some in the country still work for change
Diana Darke in the courtyard of her house in Damascus, Syria.
Conflict
A British author fights to hang onto her home in Damascus
Syrians voted on Tuesday in an election expected to deliver an overwhelming victory for President Bashar al-Assad but which his opponents have dismissed as a charade.
Conflict & Justice
Why some Syrians see their vote as a choice between barking dogs and baying wolves
Residents wait to receive food aid distributed by the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) at the besieged al-Yarmouk camp, south of Damascus
Conflict & Justice
Yarmouk is a man-made disaster zone, right inside the Syrian capital of Damascus
Men ride bicycles past damaged buildings along a street in the Duma neighborhood of Damascus, December 2013.
Arts, Culture & Media
Can independent radio journalism broadcast in Syria today?
Syrian health workers administer polio vaccination to a girl at a school in Damascus, in this file photo taken by Syria's national news agency SANA in October.
Health & Medicine
Polio adds one more heartbreak to a Syria wracked by war
Syrian families were allowed to flee rebel-controlled Moadamiya Tuesday, in a rare instance of coordination between the Syrian government and the opposition.
Conflict & Justice
Syrian regime surrounds rebel neighborhoods with a message: surrender or starve
Karim Shamsi-Basha, who moved from Syria to attend the University of Tennessee in the 1980s, stands with his father, Kheridean Shamsi-Basha.
Lifestyle & Belief
In his first days in the US, a Syrian Muslim connected with Americans through the Bible
A Syrian-American’s Case for Intervention
US and Russia Have Long Experience Dismantling Their Own Chemical Weapons Stockpiles
Residents Struggle to Find Common Ground Inside Syria
Conflict & Justice
Elite Syrians Fleeing to Lebanon as Possible US Airstrike Looms
Development & Education
Filipino domestic workers flee war in Syria, return home to no work
Business, Economics and Jobs
Syrian refugees find success, welcome in Egypt
Syrian opposition moves conflict closer to Damascus
In Aleppo, rebels square off with government forces as violence escalates
Syrian rebels move into Aleppo; government launches air strikes in retaliation
Business, Economics and Jobs
Filipino Domestic Workers Flee War in Syria, Return Home to No Work
‘Damascus Diary’: A Reporter’s Observation of Syria’s Bloodshed
Business, Economics and Jobs
Syrian Refugees Fleeing Violence, Find Home at Restaurant in Cairo
Global Politics
Despite Infighting, Syrian Opposition Makes Big Battlefield Gains
Conflict & Justice
Traveling With Syrian Refugees in Greece
Lifestyle & Belief
Resilient Damascus: An Expat’s View of Life in Syria at War
Conflict & Justice
Syria: Helicopter Crashes in Damascus
Conflict & Justice
Syria Crisis: Damascus ‘Suicide Blasts’ Kill Dozens
Update from Bomb Blasts in Damascus: Live Report
Global Politics
Accusations, Continuing Clashes, Leave Little Room for Trust in Syria or Sustainable Ceasefire
Conflict & Justice
Inside Syria, Activists Remain Resilient
Top of the Hour: Violence Continues in Syria, Morning Headlines
Syrian Government Cracks Down on Civilians in Damascus Suburbs
Tensions on the Outskirts of Damascus
Conflict & Justice
Syria Rocked by Fresh Bloodshed
Syria: 25 Dead After Bomb Blast in Damascus
Syrians Take to Streets as Arab League Inspects
Top of the Hour: 30 Die in Damascus Bombings, Morning Headlines
Conflict & Justice
Deadly Clashes Hit Syrian Cities
Top of the Hour: Army Defectors Attack Syrian Base, Morning Headlines
Global Politics
Heavy Fighting Continues in Syria
Conflict & Justice
Tik Root discusses prison in Syria
Global Politics
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Lifestyle & Belief
Syrian cultural festival
Arts, Culture & Media
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