In that epochal moment, as the Syrian opposition forced open the doors of Saydnaya Prison – a site once branded by Amnesty International as a “human slaughterhouse” – Syria’s Bastille fell.

The annual Bastille Day parade - marking the storming of the Bastille prison in 1789, an event that helped spark the French Revolution - has been taking place in Paris. Here are some of the most ...

aiming to honor the historic 18th-century attack on Paris' Bastille prison, will begin Thursday evening, July 17. Bastille Days, one of the nation’s largest French-themed festivals, features ...