DAMASCUS: Mohammad Zarqawi ambled around his narrow shop in central Damascus, filling plastic bags with colorful spices and herbs, their aroma spilling out...
ALEPPO, Syria: On the domed roof of a historical market in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, architect Bassel al-Daher moves between workers painstakingly...
DAMASCUS: On a rooftop in Syria’s capital, Mohammad al-Rihawi plunges silk threads into emerald green dye, preparing it to be woven into the city’s famed...
DAMASCUS: At least 1,500 civilians and rebels evacuated an opposition district in Damascus Sunday, state media said, bringing the government closer to...
ALEPPO, Syria: At a rundown park near the front lines in the Syrian city of Aleppo, a fragile truce has brought out visitors to see the last animal left at a...
HOMS, Syria: In the heart of the Syrian city of Homs, workers clear rubble and clean the blackened walls of the war-ravaged old market in a bid to restore its...
DAMASCUS: Its fame is such that the damask rose features in Shakespeare, but for Syrian farmers growing the flower that produces the heady-scented oil used to...
PALMYRA, Syria: When two Polish heritage experts first restored the famed lion statue in Syria’s Palmyra in 2005, they never imagined they would see it...
LATAKIA, Syria: In the windows of his father’s shop in coastal Syria, Ihab replaces bottles of the national tipple arak with vodka, hoping to please his...
DAMASCUS: Since his house on the outskirts of Damascus was destroyed two years ago, Abu Ziad’s dented, decades-old pickup truck has been not only his sole...
QAMISHLI, Syria: Driving through parts of northeastern Syria, Vian Khouzy points proudly to dozens of new road signs printed in Kurdish. “It’s a dream come...
HASSAKEH, Syria: Life in the Syrian city of Hassakeh, divided between allied Kurdish and regime forces, comes at a price: two lots of military service and...