Syria’s civil war drove a wedge between the residents of the small town of Maaloula, where two-thirds are Christian and ...

Palmyra was considered one of the world's most intact ancient Roman sites. ISIS blew up many key monuments of this storied ...

Images of Bashar al-Assad and his family were emblematic of the dynasty’s grip on Syria. Though remnants linger after the ...

The ancient city of Palmyra, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Syria’s central Homs province, stands as a haunting reminder of ...

Once on the civil war's front line, the medieval souk, the major Syrian city's former bustling heart, is now largely ...

The land’s ancient Christian communities – the biblical Book of Acts notes that “in Antioch the disciples were for the first time called Christians” – were decimated by the Syrian civil ...

The land's ancient Christian communities — the biblical Book of Acts notes that "in Antioch the disciples were for the first time called Christians" — were decimated by the Syrian civil war ...

For Syria's Jewish diaspora, the country's economic crisis stands in the way of restoring their ancient heritage.

The ancient Syrians were familiar with the use of artificial eyes, as is shown by a specimen in the Metropolitan Museum of New York. The existence of artificial eyes in Babylonian times has ...

Residents walk along a poorly illuminated street in Damascus, Syria, early Thursday March 27, 2025. Neighborhoods in most parts of the country turn pitch black once the sunsets, save on some ...

In the Triumph of Orthodoxy service on the first Sunday of Great Lent, the clergy and faithful proclaim – with many shouting – bold statements of faith from the year 787. "This is the Faith of ...