#Damascus

Syria denies sending troops to Yemen amid reports of 600 fighters preparing to aid Saudi Arabia against Houthi attacks. Conflicting accounts emerge.

Yemeni officials claim deal signed by Sharaa in Riyadh will see up to 10,000 soldiers sent, with hundreds already deployed; Syrian sources say help is only via advising, training

Syria says Jordan did not coordinate with Damascus before launching operation in rural Deraa and Suwayda.

Having just shared knowledge accrued over 50 years, Fayez Talmasani is no longer the last person in Syria skilled in producing Damascus’ traditional stained glass.

The Syrian government blamed a third party for the damage on its undersea cable that connects it to Egypt. Damascus didn't mention any specific state or non-state actor, but its location makes it a prime target for disruption.

A Shiite cleric has been killed near the Syrian capital after assailants hurled a grenade into his car, according to state media.

Interior Ministry says it detained Adnan Abboud Hilweh, who it says was responsible for sarin nerve gas 'massacre' on Damascus-area suburb Ghouta, which killed over 1,000

Bereaved families demand death penalty, starting with Atef Najib, a former general and cousin of the ousted dictator, who was allegedly behind the torture of children in 2011

A court in Damascus is trying one official in former President Bashar Assad's government in person, and several more in absentia. Assad and his brother are among the defendants. Both are thought to have fled to Russia.

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Atef Najib, ex-head of political security in Deraa province, is charged with ‘crimes against the Syrian people’.

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DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Crowds of Syrians rallied Sunday to protest authorities’ efforts to limit the sale and consumption of alcohol in Damascus, reflecting rising anxiety in the cosmopolitan capital that Syria’s new Is...

Crowds of protesters took to the streets of Syria's capital Damascus on Sunday to decry efforts to limit the sale and consumption of alcohol.