However, recently genetic archeology had advanced, and for the first time scientists were able to extract genetic data from ...

The Middle East is an artificial construct created by British and French diplomats after World War I, and the recent collapse ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli troops will remain in Syrian territory indefinitely, blurring the border with ...

Although members of the Christian community said they are happy to see the Assad regime go, many are wary of their new ...

Post reporter Caitlin Doornbos hoped to take a break from the war to share the stories of Christians making their pilgrimages ...

As an ancient identity left stateless, Assyrians stand as the most concrete example of this reality. From Mesopotamia to the ...

The Middle Eastern country had been ruled by outside powers and dictators for centuries before its revolution was realized.

Assad, who wielded fear and force over Syria for more than two decades, fled the country under the cover of night — and a ...

From a Mediterranean shipwreck to a mosaic on display in Washington DC, these are the discoveries that made scholars of the ...

In 1994, the line of succession changed in what seemed a promising way. Basil al-Assad, the “hero” and Hafez al-Assad’s ...

When Israel seized the strategic Golan Heights from Syria in 1967, many families were separated by a buffer zone created ...