The instant collapse of Assad’s rule will reshape the geopolitics of the Mideast for years to come. Within Syria itself, the challenge is how to replace the bloodthirsty past and current revolutionary ...

The lead archaeologist at the grave site told Newsweek that the sword was an "elite object that marked its owner out as special." ...

Whether unconventional leaders have been good or bad for their countries is debatable, but they definitely change the course ...

"The fact that he bought me a sword, it's the most ancient form of respect." While katanas are most often associated with the Edo period (1603-1868), the history of the single-edged sword goes as ...

The military’s expanded perch on the peak of Mount Hermon, straddling the so-called disengagement zone, gives Israel clear sightlines to the Syrian capital, Damascus, 25 miles away. Israeli ...

Syrian fighters rest in the ancient city of Palmyra ... the last coachload of tourists trundled through the desert from Damascus, 150 miles to the southwest, Palmyra has been a place of ...

With Assad and his Russian backers gone, people of Palmyra fear the return of terrorists who forced them to watch beheadings ...

Bathed in the glow of the winter sun, the colonnades of ancient Palmyra are perhaps Syria’s most precious ... In the 13 years since the last coachload of tourists trundled through the desert from ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a 3,200-year-old military barrack at Tell Al-Abqain, where they unearthed a bronze sword inscribed ... by CBS News. In ancient Egypt, cows were symbols ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Thousands of Syrians gathered Friday in Damascus’ historic main mosque for the first Muslim Friday prayers since the downfall of former President Bashar Assad, while giant ...

Damascus has fallen. Once again. One of the oldest cities in the world has fallen. To rise again from its rubble, heralding a new order. In its rise and fall, Damascus has lessons for all ...

Damascus (AFP) – In Damascus, life is cautiously returning to normal as residents step out of their homes into a Syria transformed by the ousting of long-time president Bashar al-Assad. "We were ...