In the 1200s, a Chinese official described Alexandria and its lighthouse in remarkable detail given the vast distance.

Inside Syria's ancient capital, a lone Jewish guardian watches over abandoned properties while Islamist rulers patrol the ...

Archaeologists in the ancient Greek city of Assos have discovered a 2,200-year-old Hellenistic mosaic and a 1,800-year-old ...

Argos, one of Greece's oldest continuously inhabited cities, is located on the Peloponnese peninsula. Varanasi, on the sacred Ganges River, is one of the oldest cities in the world.

ASTANA – The Zhambyl Region is one of Kazakhstan’s most historically rich regions, home to ancient mysteries, sacred ...

Insights speaks directly to the people with an inside track on the big issues. Here, White Helmets founder Ismail Abdullah talks about Syria's future.

1. Entry into a post-Assad Syria As soon as news of Bashar al-Assad's ouster broke – and with the main airport at Damascus still out of action – I began making plans for how to get into Syria ...

SYRIAN President Bashar alAssad says the city of Aleppo is the “last card” in the foriegn aggressors’ hand — and they are betting thousands of their mercenaries on it. In an interview with Cuban news ...

There was no immediate information on whether the strikes caused any casualties. Israel bombed Syrian army positions south of Aleppo on Thursday, the latest such strikes since the overthrow of ...

Arab media outlets reported on Thursday evening that Israel struck facilities belonging to the Syrian Ministry of Defense, east of the city of Aleppo. The Saudi television channel Al-Hadath ...

Almost one month after Islamist rebels toppled the regime of Bashar Al-Assad, volunteers in Aleppo are working to transform the ancient city's landscape, planting saplings in its streets and ...