As Mark Twain wrote, Damascus “measures time not by days and months and years, but by the empires she has seen rise and ...

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The fall of Bashar Assad’s regime in Syria in December was viewed by the country’s minorities with a mixture of cautious optimism and apprehension. Just three months later, a wave of violence has made ...

The reported fighting in the capital, Damascus, and the second city of Aleppo were the first such clashes there since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime.

Archaeological research conducted on the prehistoric Dorset burial site known as Flagstones has revealed that it is the ...

A group of American Jews, who fled Syria decades ago, have made an emotional appeal to the White House. They are asking the U ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — American Jews who fled their Syrian homeland decades ago went to the White House this week to appeal to the ...

Syrian Rabbi Yousef Hamra and accompanying Jews visit the Frenc and Raki churches, the Maimonides Jewish School and the Jobar ...

Over the centuries, people have had some very good reasons to dress up like a member of the opposite sex. And I'm not talking about people who live this way out of personal preference, or those who ...

Turning entry-level connotations on its head, its watches spotlight Damascus steel – an ancient material, famed for its ...

A 2nd-century gate in the Old City's Muslim Quarter offers a glimpse into the capital's multilayered history -- and complex present ...

The carvings offer a window into AlUla’s past, but its present is a story still unfolding. Here, nature and heritage converge, with open-air museums emerging amidst the desert’s timeless expanse — ...