A 2,000-year-old Roman stele featuring Greek inscriptions was discovered at Manbij, also known as the ancient city of ...

Palmyra, the ancient Syrian city that has fallen to the Daesh (the so-called IS) group, has withstood the last 2,000 years with its immaculate temples and colonnaded streets. August 24, 2015 ...

Discover the enduring beauty of Syria with breathtaking drone footage of Damascus, Palmyra, and other historic sites, revealing their ancient architecture, cultural richness, and resilient spirit ...

Scattered throughout northwest Syria's rugged terrain are the so-called Dead Cities, once-vibrant Byzantine towns that are now abandoned, leaving behind remnants of stone houses, churches, tombs ...

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 ...

World News Ancient Byzantine tomb believed to be 1,500 years old discovered in Syria — under a home By Patrick Reilly Published June 9, 2025, 1:35 p.m. ET ...

The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, has condemned the destruction of parts of the Ancient City of Bosra during combats in the World Heritage site on 22 December 2015, as confirmed by the ...

ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - Ruled successively by Hittites, Greeks, Romans and Ottomans, Aleppo's ancient city has survived violent change over thousands of years. But the modern weaponry of Syria's ...

Tanks shelled Syria's principal port city of Latakia Monday, residents said, the third day of an assault on Sunni neighborhoods which had seen mounting protests against President Bashar al-Assad's ...

Syria's revitalized ancient Mar Musa Monastery, near the city of Nebek, has become a modern beacon of hope and resilience in a country marred by conflict, as its eight monks and sisters mainly of ...