For over 850 years, the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood as an iconic landmark in the Iraqi city of Mosul ...

The world of the Roman Empire was not just one of legions, emperors, and conquests — it was also a world of legal disputes, ...

Though Tehran scrambled to help the Assads face off the rebel assault, soldiers were turning on their own commanders ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is flying to Washington on Sunday for a visit in which he will meet with U.S.

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 ...

The scars that disfigure Syria after 14 years of civil war are wider than its minefields. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of ...

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

Nearly a century ago, Danish archaeologists traveled to the site of the ancient city of Hama, a region that was occupied for close to 8,000 years. Hama, now in modern-day Syria, was first occupied ...