They fought the Egyptians, sacked Babylon, and built elaborate cities. Then the Hittites vanished. Today, new discoveries are ...

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

The ancient cities of Damascus and Aleppo evolved into thriving cities that perfectly blend history with modern life.

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A group of Jews who left Syria decades ago wants sanctions relief for a government with former ties to Al Qaeda, despite ...

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

The werewolf myth is not a product of modern fiction, but a story going back more than two millennia to Lycaon, the ancient ...

The Syriac language is an independent Semitic language.