If you want to get a feel for how that works, go spend a few days in the Damascus Sheraton Hotel. More than any other Arab land, including modern Egypt and energy-rich Gulf states, Syria is also ...

Since the Assad regime fell after more than 50 years in power, the extent of Syria’s cultural isolation is becoming clear.

“Hello from Free Syria. I’m in Damascus right now. It’s a beautiful winter. Everything is better than before,” Ayoub Alsmadi, founder of Syria Scope Travel, told CNN Travel. “Everyone is ...

After seizing power in December, the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) rebel group that now runs Syria pledged ... carried out at its modern multi-storey headquarters in Damascus, where some offices ...