Damascus

The man who caught Israel's most famous spy in the heart of Damascus speaks exclusively to Al Majalla about the aftermath of the operation, Cohen's watch, and where he was buried

Now an old man, the Syrian soldier who caught Mossad's man in Damascus in 1965 speaks exclusively to Al Majalla about the famous counter-intelligence operation

Speaking exclusively to Al Majalla, the man who caught one of Israel's most famous spies working undercover in Damascus tells how he broke the rules to catch Mossad's top spy in Syria

The man credited with catching Mossad spy Eli Cohen in Damascus in 1965 speaks exclusively to Al Majalla about his early career and his idea to tap Israeli messages

Ibrahim Hamidi spent years following the story of Mossad's 'spy in Damascus ', but some secrets remained untold. He then learned that the man who could answer them was still alive

The real target of the explosions near President Macron's hotel was the idea of a new, open, trading Syria. The most effective response? To press on with the visit and move towards the future

If anywhere encapsulates the Syrian capital in recent decades, it is this enigmatic and iconic public space, which has seen more than its fair share of changes

Al Majalla reveals the full story of Bashar al-Assad's former head of media whose brother disappeared two months before she was killed in an incident eyewitnesses say was no 'accident'.

After 54 years in exile, a prominent Syrian novelist returns to a Damascus he no longer recognises 

The autonomous Kurdish-led group in Syria's north-east has been protected by the US for a decade, but the move now is towards integration with Damascus. Unfortunately, the SDF has not got the memo.