Shiite rituals for Ashoura in Damascus have drastically changed after the fall of Syria's former President Bashar Assad.

Vindolanda may not be a name you’re familiar with, but you’ll probably have heard of the place it's found: it’s a fort on ...

Noureddine Al-Baba told journalists a second attacker was caught Monday on his way to target a Shiite shrine in the Sayyida Zeinab suburb in Damascus, where many sites of the Islamic sect are located.

Syria's Interior Ministry says the sleeper cell behind a deadly church explosion near Damascus belonged to the Islamic State group. It also said Tuesday the group had plans to target ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The sleeper cell behind a deadly church bombing near Damascus belonged to the Islamic State group, which had plans to target a Shiite shrine in a similar attack, Syria 's ...

Damascus, SANA- A funeral ceremony was held Tuesday at the Holy Cross Church in Damascus for nine victims of the terrorist bombing that targeted Mar Elias Church in Al- Douweila neighborhood ...

Mourners attend a mass at damaged Damascus church a day after suicide attack. Syrian authorities announced arrests over the blast blamed on the Islamic State group. The shooting and suicide ...

A suicide bombing struck Mar Elias Church in Damascus, Syria, on June 22, 2025. The attack killed 20 people and injured more than 50 during a Sunday mass service. Authorities suspect ISIS ...

But with the bombing of the Mar Elias Church in the capital's Dweila district on Sunday, the goal of the perpetrators was to “create headlines” in the US and elsewhere, spreading the notion that ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The death toll from a suicide bomb attack on a church in Syria at the weekend has risen to 25, state media said Monday. The attack Sunday on the Mar Elias Greek Orthodox church ...

At least 22 people have been killed and 63 others wounded in a suicide bomb attack at a church in Damascus, Syria’s health ministry has said, the BBC reports. A man opened fire with a weapon at the ...

30 Sep 2024 (NAMPA) Syrian air defenses intercepted "hostile targets" west of the capital, Damascus, on Monday, according to local media.Sham FM reported that explosions were heard in the areas of ...