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 ...

It has an 11th century church adorned with icons, ancient murals and ... while Syrian government troops, supported by Russia and Iran-linked forces, have recaptured much territory from rebels. "This ...

The Rev. Paolo Dall'Oglio has lived in Syria for 30 years, helping to restore a 1,000-year-old monastery that became a center for Muslim and Christian understanding. Dall'Oglio's departure from ...

Deir Mar Musa, or the Monastery of Moses the Abyssinian, is remote. Clinging to a mountain precipice in west-central Syria, it's reached via a dusty 80km taxi or bus-ride from Damascus ...

Islamic State said it bulldozed a fifth-century Assyrian Christian monastery in the southeastern Syrian town of Qaryatain as the jihadist group pressed on with efforts to wipe out traces of what ...

A mystery city lies in Syria’s deserts ... and even evidence of tombs appear to lie in the desert near the ancient monastery of Deir Mar Musa, 50 miles north of Damascus, archaeologist Robert ...

I had chosen a room at Casa Felicia, a guesthouse next to a monastery in the village of Sucevita, as my base. From there I embarked on a self-guided tour of the monasteries and their murals.