In 2003, eight years before the conflict, photographer Kevin Bubriski found himself on assignment in Syria, where he documented daily life and the country’s ancient monuments. He had no idea ...

The war in Syria includes some unlikely participants. As CBS News correspondent Clarissa Ward reports, a group of modern-day "monuments men" are rushing to try and save priceless antiquities from ...

TURKEY-SYRIA BORDER—In a hotel basement on the Turkish side of this combat-scarred frontier, a group of unlikely warriors is training to fight on a little-known front of Syria’s civil war ...

But it’s unlikely to match the scale of what’s occurred in Syria, especially since so many Syrians have fled or been killed. “So you have monuments in need, and nobody to fix them ...

Their backers, from prominent cultural institutions in the West, refer to them as the "Monuments Men" of Syria, based on the name given those who saved cultural heritage in Europe during World War II.

PALMYRA, Syria — This ancient city ... and then systematically blew up several of the ancient city's most important monuments. The explosion at the Baalshamin temple toppled its towering ...

have also destroyed or damaged several of the ancient region’s historical monuments that had survived wars and natural disasters for centuries. Parts of Syria affected by the temblors have also ...

Following the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024, experts are turning their attention to the country’s war-torn heritage sites, hoping to restore these treasures and revive a tourism industry ...

By Raja Abdulrahim Photographs by Ivor Prickett Reporting from Aleppo, Syria The many monuments of the Assad regime that once dotted the Syrian city of Aleppo have been toppled, torn or burned.

The Assyrian Genocide monument in Qamishli, Syria was vandalized on February 25. Qamishli, Syria (AINA) -- A monument to the Assyrian victims of the Turkish genocide in World War One was vandalized on ...