Syria's capital, Damascus, is suffering from its worst water shortages in years as a result of the lowest rainfall in more than six decades.

BARADA VALLEY, Syria (AP) — Inside a mountain above the Syrian capital, Hassan Bashi walked through tunnels that used to be filled with water from a spring famous for its pure waters.

The spring rises inside the ruins of a Roman temple in the Barada Valley and flows toward Damascus ... The spring and the Barada River that it feeds are the main source of water for 5 million ...

Aerial view of the nearly dry Ein el-Fijeh spring in the Barada Valley, Syria, Thursday ... The spring and the Barada River that it feeds are the main source of water for 5 million people ...

Syria's new president has reportedly said he is open to a Trump Tower rising in Damascus. "In Syria, which has seen so much misery and death, there is a new government that will hopefully succeed ...

BARADA VALLEY, Syria (AP) — Inside a mountain above the ... The spring and the Barada River that it feeds are the main source of water for 5 million people, supplying Damascus and its suburbs ...

President Trump met Wednesday in Saudi Arabia with Syria's interim president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, highlighting the stunning reversal in fortunes for a former Islamist militant with ties to al Qaeda ...

The meeting came days after President Trump announced he would end sanctions against Syria and met with the country’s president, a former jihadist. By Christina Goldbaum Reporting from Beirut ...