East Jerusalem’s towering, turreted Damascus Gate, one of the main entrances to the Old City, was the scene of tension and violence between Palestinians and Israelis over the past few weeks ...

A 20-year-old police officer was lightly wounded on Sunday evening in a stabbing attack at the Damascus Gate in Old City, Jerusalem, Israeli media reported. Magen David Adom (MDA) EMTs and ...

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The worst fighting in days broke out on Thursday night after hundreds of Jewish extremists from the ultra-nationalist Lehava group marched towards the Damascus Gate entrance of Jerusalem's Old ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Bashar Barhoum woke in his dungeon prison cell in Damascus at dawn Sunday, thinking it would be the ...

ZAMALKA, Syria (AP) — A Syrian family that survived a 2013 chemical weapons attack that killed hundreds of people near the ...

Located just a short walk from the Old City's Damascus Gate, this lush garden contains ruins said to be the sepulcher of Joseph of Arimathea. Today, recent visitors describe the garden as serene.

U.S. diplomats visiting Damascus were expected on Friday to hold Washington's first in-person official meetings with Syria's ...

with the Islamist-led alliance that launched the offensive in the country's northwest, said "we are now less than 20 km from the southern gate of the capital Damascus". lar/aya/smw ...