The night after Assad fled ... an ethnic group with roots in the Caucasus. NPR asked Syria's Interior Ministry and the Damascus governor's office about the bar closures, and why they were quickly ...

Syrian bartenders prepare drinks at pubs in Old Damascus's Christian-majority Bab Sharqi neighbourhood, after Syrian authorities reverse a decision to shut bars and restaurants serving alcohol ...

Syria’s president has received a Republican member of Congress in the first visit to the country by American legislators ...

The night after Assad fled ... group with roots in the Caucasus. NPR asked Syria's Interior Ministry and the Damascus governor's office about the bar closures, and why they were quickly reversed.

When Syria's new leaders shut 60 Damascus bars, drinkers protested ... of their fellow citizens and urbanites in particular. The night after Assad fled, Kifah Zainie threw a party at the popular ...