A huge blast destroyed a hotel in the historic heart of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Thursday after rebels detonated explosives in a tunnel dug beneath government lines, according to ...

HOMS, Syria -- With a gigantic explosion, Syrian rebels Thursday leveled a historic hotel being used as an army base in the northern city of Aleppo by detonating bomb-packed tunnels beneath it ...

Syrian refugee children run through smoke emitted from fires lit by refugees trying to stay warm at the Oreokastro camp, where many refugees have already been moved to hotels, January 13, 2017.

Syria is recovering from 12 years of civil war and Palmyra itself changed hands twice during fighting between the Syrian regime, Russian forces and ISIS. You see the part of the sign with missing ...

ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) – On the terrace of the Baron Hotel in Aleppo, the owner’s widow, Roubina Tashjian, sorted through old photographs of its happier past in a more peaceful Syria. Founded ...

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - The reception area is quiet at the Beit Zaman boutique hotel in the Christian Quarter of Old Damascus and the staff is visibly bored. Bellhops loiter in the lavishly decorated ...

The hotel itself had certainly seen better days, but oh, the wonder of having even a bad Syrian glass of wine in a dining room literally steps away from the ruins.

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Greetings from Palmyra, Syria, with its once-grand hotel named for a warrior queen By Jane Arraf Published June 11, 2025 at 9:36 AM EDT ...