Especially for young couples, Valentine’s Day - “the Feast of Love” in Arabic - is a new and exciting holiday, and in Damascus, many are adopting it wholeheartedly

Every day, over 27,000 cars pass through the narrow streets of the Old City of Syria’s capital, an area only 1,500 meters by 800 meters. But as of April 1st, this traffic flow will be drastically reduced

Syrians were expecting a new smoke-ban law to come into effect on April 1, however a grace period of three weeks has been granted to café and restaurant owners.

"This is our first time in Syria," Swiss jazz pianist Marc Perrenoud announces to the crowd. "Our first time in this beautiful Citadel of Damascus. And we don't want to go back to Switzerland!"

At Syroil 2010, over 200 companies displayed their eagerness to pitch into the potential behind Syria’s oil and gas sector

Awareness campaigns are underway to prevent and manage sexually transmitted diseases, which remain misunderstood and underestimated due to pervasive social taboos.