The stunning fall of the Syrian government early Sunday - a bloodless coup by Islamist rebels that ended the brutal 50-year ...

Schwartz's leadership, have been conducting their work for 16 years in the ancient city of Umm-el Marra in western Syria. The tomb where the alphabetic cylinders were found likely belonged to a ...

After two millennia, Syria’s ancient but dwindling Christian community is facing dire peril. Desperate to continue the church’s presence in this Cradle of Christianity, Syria’s Christians ...

The emotions and humanity of the Syrian people at war as seen through the eyes of its writers and poets. Show more During the conflict in Syria, it seems incredible that there are still writers ...

All of Syria’s churches, whether of the larger Orthodox community or Catholic, are facing an imminent existential threat both from the new authorities and general political chaos following the Assad ...

Amy Zayed tells the story of how 50 Syrian musicians beat the odds to find their way from their home country and across Europe to perform together in Amsterdam. Show more A symphony for Syria is ...

Syrian insurgents say they have entered the central city of Hama after three days of intense clashes with government forces ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the oldest alphabet in human history. Small clay cylinders from an ancient Syrian tomb show clear markings of letters etched into them. Using carbon dating ...

A frieze of lions and sphinxes as well as colossal basalt lions ran around the temple of Ain Dara Turkish air strikes have seriously damaged an ancient temple in Syria's Kurdish-held Afrin region ...

A delegation of Syrian Jewish businessmen will be returning a Torah Scroll to Syria, which was previously salvaged from the country, according to a Jewish News report on Monday, citing Moti Kahana ...

Petersburg-based Institute of the History of Material Culture (IIMK) of the Russian Academy of Sciences will take part in a joint Russian-Syrian expedition that will be tasked to conserve ancient ...

At the crossroads of trade routes and empires for thousands of years, Aleppo with its bustling neighborhoods and ancient landmarks in the 2010s saw some of the fiercest fighting of Syria's civil war.