Books recounting torture in Syrian prisons or texts on radical Islamic theology now sit openly in Damascus bookstores, no ...

Nabil Hawara was 40 years old when he was finally released from Syria's infamous desert prisons after spending half his life at that point facing constant torture under the Assad family regime.

Emerging from the shadows of war - The Syrian city of Tadmur is trying to begin the rebuilding process - amid serious challenges. PR experts say Elon Musk’s handling of the Tesla Cybertruck ...

ISLAMIC STATE (Isis) militants captured the central Syrian city of Tadmur yesterday, overrunning the ancient ruins of Palmyra to the south. Syrian troops were forced to withdraw from the city in the ...

Within weeks, that city was also under fire, so they left again, this time for Tadmur, a city known at home and abroad for its glorious ancient Roman ruins at Palmyra. (And, in Syria, also for its ...

DAMASCUS—Books recounting torture in Syrian prisons or texts on radical Islamic theology now sit openly in Damascus ...

a devastating tale of an atheist who is mistaken for a radical Islamist and detained for years inside Syria's infamous Tadmur prison. Another is "My Aunt's House" -- an expression used by Syrians ...