It has always been a dream to return here,” said Abu Hamza, one of the few visitors to Palmyra since last month’s downfall of ...

The Islamist former insurgents now in charge need to build popular support and demonstrate rule of law. And they’re finding ...

The beads were identified as amber, something that was not common in Syria during the Iron Age and originated from the Baltic ...

Khaldoun Al Raba, 32, has fond memories of his days guiding tourists around the ancient ruins of Palmyra, deep in the Syrian ...

Scholars also worry about the ruins of Roman-era synagogues in Syria’s ancient cities, such as Apamea and Dura-Europos. Satellite imaging has shown that Dura-Europos was heavily looted while ...

Bathed in the glow of the winter sun, the colonnades of ancient Palmyra are perhaps Syria’s most precious sight. Yet the days when awestruck tourists would clamber through the ruins of Queen Zenobia’s ...

an ancient site that has fallen into ruins. Hamra described such a restoration as "an act of great kindness" that could symbolize unity and mutual respect among Syria's communities. "It would ...

Assad's regime, Russia lost a key ally in the Middle East -but it still hopes to keeps its military bases in Syria.

PALMYRA, Syria — Abdurahman Abu Hamza, a farmer from the Syrian city of Deir Ezzour, last visited the ancient ruins of Palmyra on a school trip as a child. Last week, he strolled with friends ...

In an ancient city in Syria, excavations made nearly a century ago are now revealing new details, researchers said. Joe Planas via Unsplash Nearly a century ago, Danish archaeologists traveled to ...

Nearly a century ago, Danish archaeologists traveled to the site of the ancient city of Hama, a region that was occupied for close to 8,000 years. Hama, now in modern-day Syria, was first occupied ...