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

For collectors, historians, and artisans, Exquisite Knives serves as a testament to the enduring allure of handcrafted blades ...

PALMYRA, Syria — Abdurahman Abu Hamza, a farmer from the Syrian city of Deir Ezzour, last visited the ancient ruins of ...

The beads were identified as amber, something that was not common in Syria during the Iron Age and originated from the Baltic ...

All of its crew perished, including Israel’s first astronaut, Ilan Ramon. A former combat pilot in the Israeli Air Force, he ...

Busayra, located 20 km south of Tafileh, was the ancient capital of the Edomite Kingdom. The first record about Busayra was documented by some European travellers in late 19th and early 20th centuries ...

Samar Ali remembers an indescribable sense of peace in a land scarred by thousands of years of strife, misery and turmoil.

With its wide boulevards and tree-lined neighborhoods, Homs bustled with business, an oil refinery, and agricultural production. Sunni and Alawite Muslims, Orthodox and Catholic Christians—diverse ...

Reham Elsayed, owner of Reham’s Cake Gallery, explains to an attendee of Souk Seattle the variety of Middle-Eastern treats on ...

Youstina Khoury, a Christian nun kidnapped by an earlier iteration of the group now running Syria, has forgiven the former ...

Burckhardt left Damascus on June 18 ... “Here are the remains of an ancient city, which I conjecture tobePetra...aplacewhich,asfarasIknow,no European traveler has ever visited.” ...

Lunar New Year or Chinese New Year is observed by more than 1 and half billion people, so yeah it's kind of a big deal. KID 2 ...