Underneath Mount Qasioun, the highest point overlooking Damascus, is a network of tunnels over 12 square kilometres allegedly connecting the Republican Guard HQ to the presidential palace.

They say the city seems theirs again. Mount Qasioun, which overlooks the Syrian capital, Damascus, is being revived as a leisure spot. Residents of Syria’s capital are picnicking on a once ...

Assad’s decades-long rule after December’s lightning rebel offensive has left a sense of cautious hope among Syria’s youth.

Revolutionary songs rang out in downtown Damascus overnight Tuesday as Syrians ... enjoying the fireworks as gunshots resounded from Mount Qasioun overlooking the city. Gunshots rang out ...

Umayyad Square in Damascus hummed to the throngs of people brandishing "revolution" flags as Syria saw in the new ... Gunshots rang out from Mount Qasioun overlooking the capital where hundreds ...

Umayyad Square in Damascus hummed to the throngs of people brandishing "revolution" flags as Syria saw in the new ... Gunshots rang out from Mount Qasioun overlooking the capital where hundreds ...

People celebrate the New Year near Umayyad Square in Damascus, Syria — ANWAR AMRO Umayyad Square in Damascus hummed to the throngs of people brandishing "revolution" flags as Syria saw in the new year ...