The streets were buzzing with excitement in Damascus as Syrians welcomed in a new year that seemed to many to bring a promise ...

Syria's new Islamist rulers have pledged to protect the country's religious minorities after overthrowing the Assad regime in ...

From a Mediterranean shipwreck to a mosaic on display in Washington DC, these are the discoveries that made scholars of the ...

In the Jobar suburb of Damascus, the ancient Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue, one of the world's oldest, stands partially in ruins ...

Chinese archaeologists uncovered the oldest city ever found from the Shang Dynasty, over 3,000 years old, at the entrance of ...

In a Damascus suburb, the remnants of Syria's Jewish community have returned to the ancient Jobar Synagogue, a place once ...

Members of the HTS rebel group that overthrew the Assad regime pose for a portrait in the ancient town of old Damascus, in ...

A visit to the souk in the old city in the Syrian capital of Damascus tell us a lot about the state of the country's current economy.

Dandan-Oilik was once a thriving complex packed with Buddhist temples in the Taklimakan desert. What do we know now about ...

A Turkish television news report Tuesday claimed that Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan will travel to Damascus Friday and offer prayer at that city’s ancient Great Mosque. His transportation minister ...

The Muraba Veil skyscraper in Dubai has two peculiarities that make it not everybody's cup of tea: it will be surprisingly ...