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A team of archaeologists have unearthed what is believed to be the long-forgotten Byzantine settlement of Tharais, offering significant new insights into the history of Christianity in the Middle East ...

Members of Syria's Druze community are searching for loved ones and counting their dead after days of clashes in a southern ...

For weeks, Israel has engaged in back-channel talks over a diplomatic agreement with the Syrian government. Its strikes on ...

Syria has inked an $800 million agreement with DP World to revamp the Tartus port. This move signifies Syria's efforts to ...

In March, government forces were involved in a killing spree on the Syrian coast that left dead about 1,600 people, mostly ...

Israel launched rare strikes in Damascus on Wednesday in a campaign it said was aimed at defending the Druze community after ...

Syrian media reports renewed Israeli strikes near Damascus * Trump announces 'good news in Gaza' after sources say Israel ...

During today's White House press briefing, press secretary Karoline Leavitt stated that the Israeli strike that hit a Catholic church in Gaza this week was "a mistake." ...

Researchers claim to have a method of using AI to date the Dead Sea Scrolls — this could have implications for the way we ...

Does ending a war depend on rethinking how it began? Head-snappingly fast after the United States initiated direct talks with ...

Top church leaders in the Holy Land asserted Monday that Israeli authorities “facilitate and enable” the presence of Israeli settlers who have intensified attacks in ...