Syrians are once again picnicking amid the ruins of ancient Palmyra, once desecrated by extremists but still awe inspiring, ...

On a late-summer day in 1856, a letter carrier stepped from a mail coach in front of a three-story townhouse in Mayfair, in ...

Deep within Jordan’s desolate desert canyons and rugged mountains lies an ancient treasure, the stone city of Petra ... in 1809 Burckhardt decided to visit Syria to intensify his study of ...

Whether due to natural disasters or thanks to the destructive tendencies of mankind, these iconic cultural touchstones no longer exist.

BC, the Near East was dominated by three powerful kingdoms: the Median Empire of Astyages, the Neo-Babylonian Empire of ...

Syria’s transitional President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are expected to discuss a joint defense pact in Ankara on Tuesday, including establishing Turkish ...

By Erika Solomon Ben Hubbard and Lara Jakes President Trump’s funding freeze has thrown into confusion the future of a Syrian desert camp holding thousands of Islamic State members and their ...

Kurds in Syria were marginalized during five decades of Assad family rule, with many denied citizenship and wrongly described ...

A vast and eccentric collection of everything from vintage Rolls-Royces to an entire house relocated from Syria, the Sheikh ...