Syria, after 13 years of civil war, armed rebels took the capital Damascus, in a lightning advance, prompting President ...

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 ...

Age-old treasures around the world you’re highly unlikely to ever see in person, whether they're out of bounds due to their ...

The latest findings cast light on the history of a major civilization that is considered to be one of the world's first empires.

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