Spotting a rare foreigner in the southern Syrian city of Nawa, Khalil approaches with a business proposal: bring him a “very ...

However, Alawites follow Muhammad Ibn Nusayr, who was a 10th-century disciple of the 11th imam and declared himself to be the ...

It was just another bombing in a complicated corner of the Middle East, but this one was important — the Associated Press ...

Edward Robinson and Eli Smith — set out for the Holy Land, spades in one hand and Bibles in the other, as the famous saying goes.

Syrian architect Abdel Aziz al-Mohammed could barely recognise his war-ravaged village when he returned after years away. Now ...

The sleeper cell behind a deadly church bombing near Damascus belonged to the Islamic State group, which had plans to target ...

Elsewhere, the Foreign Office advises against all travel to within 20km of the border with Libya, which is on the western ...

Once pragmatic allies under the geopolitical pragmatism of the Shah’s Iran, the two nations are now locked in a theological and strategic standoff with global implications. Understanding this rivalry ...

Israel’s reckless Operation Rising Lion might attain ends that are the reverse of its intentions: Iran might hastily build a ...

Why was the country of Iran formerly called Persia? What has this got to do with the conquests of ancient Middle Eastern ...

Elsewhere, the Foreign Office advises against all travel to within 20km of the border with Libya, which is on the western ...

The map highlights the city of Palmyra in central Syria, as well as the ancient city of Apamea, and the city of Aleppo in the northwest. TURKEY. Euphrates R.