Damascus
15 Jan
Turkish Airlines said Wednesday that it would resume flights to Damascus from January 23 after more than a decade, following the fall of Syria's strongman president Bashar Al-Assad. "We will begin our flights to Damascus on January 23, with three flights per week," the airline's chief executive Bilal Eksi posted on X. Turkey, which supports…
3 Jan
The Czech Republic, whose embassy has represented the United States in Syria since 2012, has reopened its mission after closing it last month following the rebellion that toppled Bashar al-Assad. The Czech foreign ministry said Friday it had appointed career diplomat Vitezslav Pivonka to lead the embassy as the charge d'affaires. Prague has represented the…
25 May 2024
A car explosion killed one person in Damascus on Saturday, the official Syrian news agency SANA reported, without identifying the victim.
28 Apr 2024
The Israeli attack on the Iranian Consulate in Damascus, and the resultant retaliatory attack by Iran on Israel have no doubt raisedthe stakes in the Middle East war involving Israel and Hamas.
1 Apr 2024
Israeli strikes hit an Iranian consulate annex in Syria's capital Monday, state media said, amid rising regional tensions due to the Gaza war, as a war monitor reported eight people were killed.
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