April 1, 2015
4:24 pm

Residents of the besieged Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp wait to leave the camp, on the southern edge of the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria, Feb. 4, 2014 (photo credit: AP/SANA)

IS seizes Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus

Yarmouk was home to 160,000 Syrians and Palestinians, though only 18,000 remain after 4 years of civil war

By AFP

March 26, 2015
11:25 am

Damascus Museum employees wrap archaeological artifacts into boxes to protect them from being damaged on March 24, 2015, in the Syrian capital (photo credit: AFP PHOTO / JOSEPH EID)

In Syria, race to save antiquities from looting, damage

Officials in war-torn country hide thousands of ancient artifacts and manuscripts in order to protect them from jihadists

By AFP

March 21, 2015
5:26 am

Gold travelling Hanukkah menorah. (photo credit: Courtesy of John Endlich Antiquairs/ JTA)

At European art fair, collectors increasingly seek Jewish objects

Judaica works spark interest of buyers at international cultural gathering in Netherlands

By Menachem Wecker

February 26, 2015
9:58 am

Illustrative: Smoke rises following an explosion in Syria's Quneitra province as Syrian rebels clash with President Bashar Assad’s forces, seen from the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights in 2014. (AP/Ariel Schalit, File)

Hezbollah campaign stalls on Syrian Golan Heights

Shiite group and regime forces unable to claim significant achievements against opposition forces in contested region

By Avi Issacharoff

February 21, 2015
8:12 pm

A picture taken from behind broken glass shows a couple pushing a baby stroller as they rush to check their house following an air strike on the rebel-held Damascus suburb of Douma, on February 21, 2015. (screen capture: AFP/Abd Doumany)

Car bomb kills 4 in Assad hometown

Human rights watchdog says Syrian troops executed 10 children of rebel fighters in separate attack in northern city

By AFP

February 16, 2015
12:57 pm

Hezbollah's Imad Mughniyeh, who was killed in 2008. (photo credit: CC BY-SA, Wikimedia Commons)

Israelis said to be annoyed at US claiming 2008 Mughniyeh hit

Leaks revealing CIA involvement in Damascus operation downplay the major Mossad role, Israeli sources reportedly complain

By Stuart Winer

February 5, 2015
10:36 pm

This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows cars that were burned after rebels fired rockets and mortar shells that attack several parts in the capital Damascus, Syria, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015 (photo credit: AP/SANA)

21 dead in Damascus as Syrian forces, rebels trade salvos

Tit-for-tat violence comes after anti-government forces vowed to avenge airstrikes on opposition-held suburbs of capital

By Albert Aji and Diaa Hadid

February 5, 2015
12:17 pm

A still from a video purporting to show smoke in Damascus after multiple rocket strikes on February 5, 2015. (screen capture: YouTube)

Several killed as rebels barrage Damascus with rockets

Army of Islam leader vows to rain down mortars on Syrian capital as revenge for government airstrikes on rebel areas

By Times of Israel staff and AP

February 1, 2015
4:36 pm

This image made from video released by the UN observer mission in Syria and accessed in June 2012 purports to show destroyed buses after fighting in Damascus, Syria. (photo credit: UNSMIS via AP video)

Bus blast kills pilgrims in Damascus

Conflicting reports indicate multiple Lebanese Shiite worshipers dead after explosion rocks Syrian capital

By AFP

January 12, 2015
1:32 pm

Yousef Nasrallah, an Arab Israeli accused of traveling to Syria to join a jihadist group (screen capture: Walla news)

Arab Israeli held for trying to join Syrian jihadists

Yousef Nasrallah, 21, was held and tortured in Damascus, is said to have passed on sensitive information to Assad regime

By Marissa Newman

January 1, 2015
3:01 pm

Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, shares a meal with Syrian troops during his visit on the front line in the eastern Damascus district of Jobar, Syria. December 31, 2014 (photo credit: AP Photo/SANA)

Syrian president dines with troops on New Year’s Eve

In rare visit, Bashar Assad joins soldiers, pro-government gunmen in a war-torn Damascus neighborhood

By AP

December 23, 2014
2:27 pm

Belongings of Syrian rebels inside a chapel at Crac des Chevaliers, the world's best preserved medieval Crusader castle, Thursday, May 1, 2014, Syria. (photo credit: AP/Dusan Vranic, File)

300 Syrian heritage sites ravaged by war

UN agency says battles, civilian construction and looting have pummeled the country’s cultural history

By AP

December 10, 2014
10:11 pm

A Syrian man carries two girls covered with dust following a reported air strike by government forces on July 9, 2014 in the northern city of Aleppo. (Photo credit: AFP/AMC/ZEIN AL-RIFAI)

Syria’s Assad backs Russian bid to broker talks with US

Moscow says it is working to facilitate negotiations to end civil war, including meetings with opposition figures

By AFP

December 8, 2014
4:18 pm

A still from a video said to show an Israeli strike on Syria on December 7, 2014. (Screen capture: Youtube)

Two Hezbollah members said killed in airstrikes on Syria

Senior official of the terror group among slain, al-Arabiya reports, contradicting official account

By Marissa Newman and Stuart Winer

December 8, 2014
1:49 pm

Syrian Foreign Minister Wallid al-Moallem speaks to the UN General Assembly on October 1 (photo credit: UNGA video screenshot)

Syria, Iran condemn Israel over Damascus airstrikes

Jewish state denounced as being ‘in the same trench’ as Islamists; Tehran warns warmongering will backfire’

By AP and Stuart Winer

Topic: Damascus

IS seizes Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus

Yarmouk was home to 160,000 Syrians and Palestinians, though only 18,000 remain after 4 years of civil war

In Syria, race to save antiquities from looting, damage

Officials in war-torn country hide thousands of ancient artifacts and manuscripts in order to protect them from jihadists

At European art fair, collectors increasingly seek Jewish objects

Judaica works spark interest of buyers at international cultural gathering in Netherlands

Hezbollah campaign stalls on Syrian Golan Heights

Shiite group and regime forces unable to claim significant achievements against opposition forces in contested region

Car bomb kills 4 in Assad hometown

Human rights watchdog says Syrian troops executed 10 children of rebel fighters in separate attack in northern city

Israelis said to be annoyed at US claiming 2008 Mughniyeh hit

Leaks revealing CIA involvement in Damascus operation downplay the major Mossad role, Israeli sources reportedly complain

21 dead in Damascus as Syrian forces, rebels trade salvos

Tit-for-tat violence comes after anti-government forces vowed to avenge airstrikes on opposition-held suburbs of capital

Several killed as rebels barrage Damascus with rockets

Army of Islam leader vows to rain down mortars on Syrian capital as revenge for government airstrikes on rebel areas

Bus blast kills pilgrims in Damascus

Conflicting reports indicate multiple Lebanese Shiite worshipers dead after explosion rocks Syrian capital

Arab Israeli held for trying to join Syrian jihadists

Yousef Nasrallah, 21, was held and tortured in Damascus, is said to have passed on sensitive information to Assad regime

Syrian president dines with troops on New Year’s Eve

In rare visit, Bashar Assad joins soldiers, pro-government gunmen in a war-torn Damascus neighborhood

300 Syrian heritage sites ravaged by war

UN agency says battles, civilian construction and looting have pummeled the country’s cultural history

Syria’s Assad backs Russian bid to broker talks with US

Moscow says it is working to facilitate negotiations to end civil war, including meetings with opposition figures

Two Hezbollah members said killed in airstrikes on Syria

Senior official of the terror group among slain, al-Arabiya reports, contradicting official account

Syria, Iran condemn Israel over Damascus airstrikes

Jewish state denounced as being ‘in the same trench’ as Islamists; Tehran warns warmongering will backfire’

Latest Articles

Latest Blogs

The Times of Israel on Facebook