Since the fall of the Assad regime, "widespread poverty" and the "collapse" of the nation's "once-feared security apparatus" have sparked a "gold rush" of looters, robbing 2000-year-old graves for ...

Archaeologists say the marble coffin is the first of its kind found in the region. The story it depicts is more often seen in mosaics ...

A construction worker uncovered a 1,500-year-old tomb complex while removing the rubble from war-torn ruins. The incredible ...

A new study argues that ancient rattles unearthed in Syria aren’t musical instruments, but toys used to entertain infants. “Today, we use screens, back then it was rattles.” Archaeologist ...

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where the public was granted a first-ever open viewing of the “Damascus Crowns” - ancient biblical manuscripts that were smuggled out of Syria to Israel at great personal risk. The event also ...

which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, Islamic State militants drive in a convoy through Tel Abyad, northeast Syria. (Militant website via AP, File) Advertisement ...

DAMASCUS — The lifting of economic sanctions on Syria will allow the government to begin work on daunting tasks that include fighting corruption and bringing millions of refugees home ...

PARIS (AP) — The European Union lifted a wide range of sanctions on Syria on Wednesday, but slapped new ones on people and groups it says participated in attacks on civilians during a wave of violence ...

Honoring the late Rabbi Abraham Hamra, the chief rabbi of Syrian Jewry, the library unveiled several of ... The event highlighted the spiritual and historical significance of these ancient texts and ...