Archaeologists recently unveiled a series of strange, centuries-old inscriptions at the site believed to be the location of ...

During a visit to Palmyra, reporters found traces of the many forces that had fought over the city and ancient monuments ...

Once on the civil war's front line, the medieval souk, the major Syrian city's former bustling heart, is now largely ...

Caption AAAS analyzed satellite images of six Syrian World Heritage sites: the Ancient City of Aleppo; the Ancient City of Bosra; the Ancient City of Damascus; the Ancient Site of Palmyra; a site ...

Surrounded by masked gunmen in flak jackets, men and boys chanted “God is great” as he walked through the heart of Syria's largest city. The sudden capture of Aleppo, also an ancient business ...

Since antiquity, Aleppo has been famous for gold. But a post-war crime wave means jewelers no longer display gold in windows. The city is installing solar-powered streetlights to fight crime.

Scores of U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters left two neighborhoods in Syria's northern city of Aleppo Friday as part of a deal with the central government in Damascus, which is expanding its authority in ...