Syrians back to famed Palmyra ruins scarred by IS
Syrians are once again picnicking and smoking shisha amid the ruins of ancient Palmyra, once desecrated by jihadists but ...
Archaeology9h
On the Origin of the Pork Taboo
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 wild boars that were hunted. At the dawn of the Iron Age, some 500 years ...
Kurds in the new Syria want to preserve the cultural rights they gained in years of war
The Kurdish-led SDF was formed to fight the extremists, and in 2019, SDF fighters captured the last sliver of land they held, the eastern Syrian village of Baghouz. The SDF and other members of the ...
Visualizing the international reach of U.S. funding cut by Trump
Using graphics to illustrate the scope of U.S. foreign aid spending and analyzing how the Trump administration’s sweeping ...
Agencies sought to use emergency food, shelter funds
McLeod County has been awarded the money through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. A local board was charged to distribute funds appropriated by Congress to help expand the capacity ...
Mediterranean cuisine and Texas barbecue are a match made in heaven. Here's why
Levant Mediterranean BBQ is a remarkable combination of Texas smoking techniques with the meats and spices of the Eastern Mediterranean.
What is USAID and why is Trump poised to 'close it down'?
On Monday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio accused USAID's leadership of "insubordination" and said he was now its "acting head". US President Donald Trump and one of his top advisers, billionaire Elon ...
AP PHOTOS: A tour through northeastern Syria in a moment of uncertainty
An Apache helicopter patrolled the outskirts of the city of Hassakeh as a heavily loaded pickup truck, filled with displaced ...
Hosted on MSN4d
What does USAID do and why is it important in the Middle East?
The dismantling of the US Agency for International Development will be felt strongly across the Middle East, where programmes ...
Despite Waivers, U.S. Funding Freeze Sows Doubt About Camp Holding ISIS Members
Upholding security at the camp in Syria is seen as critical to prevent a resurgence of the Islamic State, but contractors don ...
'Sesame Street in Iraq': USAID's 'wasteful and dangerous' spending exposed by senator
Iowa, published a list of USAID funding projects over the years, including pottery classes in Morocco and a version of ...
Of the billions in questioned USAID spending, millions went to fund terrorism
Of the billions of tax dollars spent by the U.S. Agency for International Development Office (USAID) that are being questioned by the Trump administration, millions went to fund terrorism. A ...