Several passages in the New Testament of the Bible tell of Jesus Christ's time in the ancient city of Chorazin, Israel, where ...

Syrians are once again picnicking and smoking shisha amid the ruins of ancient Palmyra, once desecrated by jihadists but ...

By 1600 b.c., less than one in 20 bones found at sites in the Levant typically come from pigs, and most of those appear to be ...

Excavators have uncovered a mysterious stone with carvings that is estimated to be almost 1,700 years old. The area is ...

In 1995, the Oslo II Accords expanded on the first agreement, adding provisions that mandated the complete withdrawal of Israel from 6 cities and 450 towns in the West Bank. Israel ordered ...

Before the Nazis chose Oswiciem as the site of the infamous death camp, Jews thrived in the city for half a millennium. Now, ...

First arrested in 1985 while fighting Israeli forces along the Jordanian border, the activist in the Fatah party spent a total of 39 years behind bars. Originally from the West Bank city of ...

First arrested in 1985 while fighting Israeli forces along the Jordanian border, the activist in the Fatah party spent a total of 39 years behind bars. Originally from the West Bank city of Bethlehem, ...

Hamas put on show of force during their handover at Gaza City’s Palestine Square, waving green flags and displaying a poster of current and former Israeli leaders alongside the word “failure.” ...

Israeli troops have withdrawn from city centers in Gaza as part of the deal. For the first time in eight months, NPR got a glimpse of one of those cities this week. Rafah is where more than a ...