The airport was shut during the offensive that toppled Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad. Read more at straitstimes.com.

By midnight, videos showed jubilant scenes of residents celebrating around the city’s iconic clock tower. A senior U.S ... of senior officials in Damascus and had “completed arrangements ...

The Israeli military has conducted air raids targeting what it described as military bases and command centres in southern Syria and outside the capital, Damascus. Israeli warplanes hit the town ...