Hosted on MSN2mon
Safe from looting, Damascus museum reopens a month after Assad's fall
Syrians returned on Wednesday to the national museum in Damascus, reopened for the first time since Islamist-led forces seized the capital and ousted president Bashar al-Assad. The antiquities ...
Rare document sheds light on the Damascus Blood Libel, 185 years later
The document, titled "Persecutions Against the Jews of Damascus ," was published in Paris in the same year and sold for 1 ...
eng.belta15d
Damascus National Museum houses treasures from successive civilizations
DAMASCUS, 27 February (BelTA - SANA) - The Damascus National Museum is one of the most important in the world and contains archaeological pieces that tell stories about human life on this earth ...
The Straits Times20d
Dancing in Damascus: Syrians cling to culture under Islamist rule
DAMASCUS - On a wintry night in Damascus ... Indeed, an exhibition by a prominent artist reopened last month at the National Museum, including a large painting with images of bare skin.
Alert: Syrian government signs deal with Kurdish-led authority in northeast that would bring more area under Damascus control
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian government signs deal with Kurdish-led authority in northeast that would bring more area under Damascus control.