Seven months after the fall of Syria's former president Bashar al-Assad, FRANCE 24’s Wassim Nasr gained access to sites ...

THE towering stone columns of the ancient city of Palmyra in central Syria rise majestically from the desert sands, lining ...

An Ancient Christian tomb complex dating back 1,500 years was discovered by a contractor who was clearing rubble beneath a destroyed house in Syria's Idlib province.

Believed to be more than 1,500 years old from the Byzantine Empire, the ruins were found in Maarat al-Numan in Idlib province, located on the route between the cities of Aleppo and Damascus.

Before 2015, Palmyra was considered one of the world's most intact ancient Roman sites. ISIS blew up many key monuments of this storied Silk Road city. Syrians hope restoration can begin now.

MARAAT AL-NUMAN, Syria (AP) — A contractor digging into the earth where the rubble of a destroyed house had been cleared away in northern Syria stumbled across a surprise: the remains of an ...

Residents drive past the war-damaged ancient market of Maarat al-Numan, near the site where a Byzantine underground tomb complex, believed to be over 1,500 years old, was uncovered by a contractor ...

PALMYRA, Syria — This ancient city, ... Before 2015, the ruins of Palmyra were considered among the most intact of the vast Roman Empire. ISIS believed the pre-Islamic site was blasphemous.

Residents drive past the war-damaged ancient market of Maarat al-Numan, near the site where a Byzantine underground tomb complex, believed to be over 1,500 years old, was uncovered by a contractor ...