From the corridors of power in Riyadh and Tehran to protests in the streets and backroom diplomacy in Ankara and Jerusalem, ...

In the wake of the US bombing of Iran, media outlets are warning about Iran retaliating with cyber attacks on the West. As ...

The impact of Syria’s coastal forests in Latakia will be long-lasting, as experts warn that food chains and ecosystems will ...

He made sure we ate well in his town, and told us the history of the ancient city of Palmyra, where we took a side trip. I rode with Muhammad Haj Kadour, a reporter from Idlib Province in northern ...

Discover the hidden world of the Druze — a secretive and ancient faith caught at the crossroads of the brutal Syria-Israel ...

Relatives and officials say a Syrian-American man of the Druze religious minority is among dozens of civilians killed in ...

A Syrian government investigation says more than 1,400 people died in sectarian violence along the coast earlier this year.

New research has revealed that the first kiss in recorded history took place at least 4,500 years ago in Mesopotamian ...

Sharaa’s gamble on centralising Syria by force rather than democratic consensus building gets a deadly reality check in ...

The State Department condemned recent Israeli strikes in Syria, and Secretary Marco Rubio announced a U.S.-brokered agreement between Israel and Syria to end immediate violence.

Self-tormenting practices were all the rage in ancient Byzantium, from wearing chains to living on top of small pillars—and ...

The Druze faith has deep connection to Greek philosophy, especially Pythagorean and Platonic thought, and its belief in ...