No travel destination in the world offers the diversity of Egypt. The country unquestionably belongs to a social and cultural ...

Remains of a civic basilica give archaeologists clues to what the original layout of Roman London looked like.

As the island of Patmos continues to evolve, one local designer considers just how much of the past to incorporate into her ...

Palmyra is one of the most famous sites in Syria for its extraordinary heritage and archaeological remains. Inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1980, the city saw much of its heritage destroyed ...

Days before the new Damascus government’s security forces entered Afrin, a Kurdish-majority Afrin area of the Aleppo ...

The son of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad posted about his family’s final days in Damascus before the rebel takeover ...

The regime of the Syrian dictator systematically devastated numerous cities, preventing the displaced from returning to their places of origin. The presence of the new governor of Damascus, Maher ...

A solar eclipse in the year 2471 BC may have influenced architectural change in Egypt, challenging Pharaonic traditions.

The Islamist former insurgents now in charge need to build popular support and demonstrate rule of law. And they’re finding ...

Credit: ACI MENA In attendance were Patriarch Youssef Absi of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church; apostolic nuncio to Syria Cardinal Mario Zenari; and apostolic vicar of Aleppo and head of the ...

The Jews of Syria were divided by city origin, with two old communities – Damascus and Aleppo – maintaining a rivalry. A third, newer community had been established later in Qamishli ...