At first glance, it's a happy image: hundreds of smiling faces torn from newspapers and pasted into a frame. But these are ...

In 2014, the terrorist militia known as the "Islamic State" (IS) began destroying memorials, monuments, churches and even mosques in conquered areas in Iraq and Syria. This area, the heart of former ...

Two years after surviving the devastating 2023 earthquake that killed her family in Antakya, Sema Genç reflects on her trauma ...

Whenever Sema Genc enters a room, the first place she looks is the ceiling: would it hold up in an earthquake, or would she ...

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

Pharaoh’s daughter’s coming down and seeing a baby crying is mirrored by God’s actions in Exodus’ third chapter.

Wrecked by Islamic State and years of war, Palmyra is finally at peace and aiming to rebuild.

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

Inside Syria's ancient capital, a lone Jewish guardian watches over abandoned properties while Islamist rulers patrol the ...

‘Syrian people will soon join Resistance Front’ Rezaei said he believed that the Syrian people would soon join the Resistance Front, given their rich history of supporting the region’s resistance ...

Within weeks, that city was also under fire, so they left again, this time for Tadmur, a city known at home and abroad for its glorious ancient Roman ruins at Palmyra. (And, in Syria, also for its ...

Wars and violence are not the only indications of international law’s decline — the same trend afflicts the global economy as the world turns to protectionism Donald Trump won the 2024 ...