During a visit to Palmyra, reporters found traces of the many forces that had fought over the city and ancient monuments ...

Syria is home to a shrinking Catholic minority, whose numbers fell from around one million in 2011 to fewer than 300,000 ...

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

Palmyra had a history of cooperation with Roman rule, and this had resulted in many benefits for the desert kingdom. Located in the middle of modern-day Syria, around 130 miles northeast of ...

Palmyra One of Syria's six UNESCO World Heritage sites, Palmyra was once a key hub to the ancient Silk Road network linking the Roman and Parthian empires to Asia. Located in the Syrian desert ...

Columbia University on Thursday said it had doled out a range of punishments to students who occupied a campus building last spring during pro-Palestinian protests.

The identification of the fort of Tabus is not certain, but the site of Alalis in the Ptolemy’s Geography has been suggested. The architecture and associated finds point to the latest rebuilding and ...