The map below shows the location of Damascus and Istanbul. The blue line represents the straight line joining these two place. The distance shown is the straight line or the air travel distance ...

Renovation efforts continue at the historic Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, the capital of Syria, following the fall of the Assad ...

The first Turkish Airlines flight in 13 years landed in the Syrian capital Damascus on Thursday, an AFP correspondent reported. The plane arrived from Istanbul carrying aid and 345 passengers ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — Commercial flights between Turkey and Syria resumed Thursday after 13 years with a Turkish Airlines flight from Istanbul to Damascus. Turkish media showed Syrian families draped ...

Türkiye has sent a 25-member technical team to Syria to begin work on restoring Damascus International Airport, which was ...

A group of Syrian Jews recently visited Damascus for the first time in over 30 years, Reuters reported. Rabbi Joseph Hamra, 77, and his son Henry, 48, visited a synagogue in the Syrian capital and ...

Overthrow of all elements of Baath regime, preservation of Syria's territorial integrity are main goals of conference, ...

Flag carrier Turkish Airlines is resuming service to Syria on Friday with an Istanbul-Damascus flight after halting operations in 2012, due to the country’s civil war, which lasted over a dozen ...

Turkish Airlines has resumed flights to Damascus, the capital of Syria. Starting 23 January, the Airlines will operate three flights a week with round trips from Istanbul to Damascus costing $299. The ...

ISTANBUL/DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Negotiators are zeroing in on a potential deal to resolve one of the most explosive questions looming over Syria's future: the fate of Kurdish forces that the U.S.

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