The twelve apostles, the chosen followers of Jesus Christ, went throughout the ancient world preaching, spreading ...

After surviving years of war in Syria and becoming refugees in Lebanon, two sisters are celebrating their first Christmas ...

Turkey’s success in post-Assad Syria stems from its multifaceted strategy combining military strength, economic investment ...

Syria, part of the ancient world, that figures prominently in Jewish history, came under the sway of the Muslim Ottoman Empire based in Turkey. The Ottoman Empire ruled the land from 1516 to the end ...

Only one day after a Christmas tree was lit in the Greek Orthodox town of Al-Suqaylabiyah in Syria, foreign fighters ...

Part of a Crusader castle crumbled. An 18th century minaret felled. Church mosaics burned. Archaeologists are assessing ...

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WARNING: This story includes graphic descriptions of torture.Nabil Hawara painfully remembers the endless cycle of torture ...

From a Mediterranean shipwreck to a mosaic on display in Washington DC, these are the discoveries that made scholars of the ...

Tunisian news segment about the seizure of an ancient Torah manuscript has been falsely described as showing a Syrian news ...

Anyone who is interested in the roots of Christian history is familiar with the following, drawn from the 11th chapter of Acts. Where is Antioch today? That biblical city now known as Antakya, located ...

In 1994, the line of succession changed in what seemed a promising way. Basil al-Assad, the “hero” and Hafez al-Assad’s ...