Seven months after the fall of Syria's former president Bashar al-Assad, FRANCE 24’s Wassim Nasr gained access to sites across the war-ravaged nation, some of which have long been inaccessible to ...

Others have brought a sense of relief and joy. That was evident at the Al-Hamidiyah market in the heart of the old city of Damascus. It was once inaccessible to many Syrians.

There is disagreement over the origins of the name Syria, but the Ottomans used it for a huge swath of territory south of Anatolia, which they administered from the ancient city of Damascus.