For centuries, the hakawati, an Arabic word meaning "storyteller," played an important role in Syria. In cafes, these men would sit in raised chairs and narrate wild tales to the crowds that gathered ...

It was just another bombing in a complicated corner of the Middle East, but this one was important — the Associated Press ...

Researchers said their findings suggest husbands relocated to the wife's household upon marriage – suggesting a female ...

After 14 years of civil war in Syria, and a devastating earthquake, mountains of rubble clog the streets of Aleppo, hindering ...

Ancient DNA has revealed links between the cultures of Egypt and Mesopotamia. Researchers sequenced whole genomes from the ...

A Syrian activist described a “genocide” unfolding in the streets of Aleppo Monday, hours before reports surfaced that pro-government forces had executed civilians on the besieged city’s ...

A long-lost city dating back some 2,400 years has been discovered next to a temple dedicated to the ancient Egyptian cobra ...

Wildfire detection company Dryad Networks demonstrated its first fully functional AI-based drone system for detecting, ...

For decades, archaeologists puzzled over the nature of this 32.5-acre city, especially after the 1960s excavations led by ...

Prime Minister Mark Carney had set Canada Day as a deadline for several campaign promises, including dismantling ...

Excavations in Egypt's Nile Delta have revealed ancient Egyptian multistory "tower" houses, a ceremonial building dedicated ...

European researchers have released the findings of a study into a 700-year-old gold ring discovered in an abandoned castle in Slovakia.