Inside Syria's ancient capital, a lone Jewish guardian watches over abandoned properties while Islamist rulers patrol the ...

Local and international experts are filling a government void, and have begun the process of mapping and assessing sites ...

(JTA) — Syria has accused Israel of stealing ancient and valuable Jewish artifacts from a historic synagogue near Damascus. In an official complaint filed with the United Nations Security ...

Founded in the 3rd millennium B.C., Damascus is one of the oldest cities in the Middle East. In the Middle Ages, it was the centre of a flourishing craft industry, specializing in swords and lace. The ...

The late Hadiya Shatakh, one of the members of the ancient Jewish community in Damascus, has passed away at age 92. Shatakh, who had no children, belonged to a long-time family from the ancient ...

DAMASCUS, July 12. /TASS/. Experts from the National Museum of Damascus have begun restoration of ancient Palmyra bas-reliefs, partially destroyed by the militants of the Islamic State terrorist ...

While the various metals combined in the ancient process of forming Damascus steel are layered like lasagna, what ultimately brings the look to life is a treatment called acid etching, which ...

The 11-day offensive that toppled Assad "is a victory for the entire Islamic nation," HTS leader Abu Mohammed al-Golani said at Damascus' ancient Umayyad Mosque. Assad's "supposedly indomitable ...

Bukhoor Shamantoub, a Jewish resident of Damascus (photo credit ... those whose families lived in Syria since ancient times and those whose families came to Syria in the 16th century after ...