At least in the capital, Damascus, the Christian holiday festivities were protected and joyfully observed. Religious ...

Turkmens have been an integral part of Syrian society for centuries and are waiting to play a significant role in rebuilding ...

Orthodox and Western Christians find themselves united in a rare occurrence: celebrating the resurrection of Christ on the ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a collection of unique, centuries-old inscriptions in a place believed to be the site of the ...

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

In the U.S. capital, hundreds of Ethiopians dressed in traditional white shawls chant in the ancient liturgical language of ...

Once on the civil war's front line, the medieval souk, the major Syrian city's former bustling heart, is now largely ...

But some places on the continent are also politically unstable and violent, and tourists are well advised to avoid them. One ...

Since antiquity, Aleppo has been famous for gold. But a post-war crime wave means jewelers no longer display gold in windows. The city is installing solar-powered streetlights to fight crime.

The ancient city of Palmyra, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Syria’s central Homs province, stands as a haunting reminder of ...

Experts told Live Science it was probably the proto-Sinaitic script, which was invented about 4,000 years ago by Canaanite ...