On 17 February 1945, a Syrian-British summit was arranged in Cairo by King Farouk and King Abdul-Aziz al-Saud of Saudi Arabia. Syrian President…

"In my naivety, I believed that the union between the states of Damascus and Aleppo was a momentous historical event for Syria. So I rushed to the…

Upon entering Damascus following its liberation from Ottoman rule in 1918, Emir Faisal Ibn al-Hussein announced that appointments to government…

Two months ago, an audio recording from August 1970 went viral, with Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser telling a young Muammar Gaddafi that…

A terrorist bombing struck the St. Elias Church in the Dwelaa district of Damascus, marking the first attack of its kind since 1860. Syrian state…

All eyes are on forthcoming Syria-Israel peace negotiations, expected to resume soon after they were suspended in 2008. Those talks had been indirect…

In early March 1936, a delegation from the National Bloc party travelled to Paris to negotiate the future of Syria. A coalition of parties hostile to…

In 1972, two years after Hafez al-Assad assumed power in Syria, a delegation from the Damascene Jewish community visited the office of Prime Minister…

On this day in 1965, Israeli spy Eli Cohen was executed by hanging in Marjeh Square in the heart of downtown Damascus. His execution verdict was…

Syria stands at a crossroads today following the historic meeting between presidents Donald Trump and Ahmed al-Sharaa, held in Saudi Arabia on 14 May…