Syrian bartenders prepare drinks at pubs in Old Damascus's Christian-majority Bab Sharqi neighbourhood, after Syrian authorities reverse a decision to shut bars and restaurants serving alcohol ...

A flurry of mortars falling in the embattled countryside and the Old City shakes Bab al-Sharqi ... Today’s mortar toll in Damascus is eight: one slain outside Farouk school at Bab al-Sharqi, three at ...