The world's oldest capital city is so ancient that it was inhabited as early as 10,000 BC. Syria's capital, Damascus, has claims to be the oldest continuously occupied city in the world.

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Syrians in the capital city of Damascus are celebrating the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, after rebel forces entered the city with scant resistance from regime forces and declared it liberated.

A visit to the souk in the old city in the Syrian capital of Damascus tell us a lot about the state of the country's current economy. KUOW is Seattle’s NPR news station. We are an independent ...

The rebels' claim would open a new chapter in the 13-year-long civil war that has ravaged the ancient land. "We declare the city of Damascus free from the tyrant Bashar al-Assad," Hassan Abdul ...

It stands at an important intersection between Damascus, the capital ... forces took positions outside Syria’s third-largest city, without elaborating. Rami Abdurrahman who heads the Britain ...

(JTA) — Syria has accused Israel of stealing ancient and valuable Jewish artifacts from a historic synagogue near Damascus. In an official complaint filed with the United Nations Security ...