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A contractor digging into the earth where the rubble of a destroyed house had been cleared away in northern Syria stumbled across a surprise: the remains of an underground Byzantine tomb complex ...
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DAMASCUS, Syria — When Syrian insurgents rode victorious into Damascus late last year, their rebel leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, was relying, in part, on thousands of foreign fighters to help ...
Situated in the Syrian desert, the site is home to remarkable 2,000-year-old Roman-era ruins. These historic structures now bear the marks of destruction, with shattered columns and damaged temples.
I'd stayed at the Zenobia in the '90s and it was glorious — quirky and full of life and possibly even ghosts. A three-hour-drive from Damascus — longer in a dodgy taxi — the ancient Roman ...
A contractor digging into the earth where the rubble of a destroyed house had been cleared away in northern Syria stumbled across a surprise: the remains of an underground Byzantine tomb complex ...
17 February 2009 Syria is seeking to parlay its new-found acceptance on the world stage into tourism revenue, ramping up investments, increasing advertising and broadening its appeal to international ...
Syria's Interior Ministry says the sleeper cell behind a deadly church explosion near Damascus belonged to the Islamic State ...
Syrian Christians were struggling on Monday to understand why their community was targeted in a suicide attack and whether ...
The Stars and Stripes were flown above Damascus, Syria, on Thursday for the first time since 2012. In a ceremony attended by Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al Shaibani, U.S. Ambassador to Turkey ...
Item 1 of 4 Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani stands next to U.S. envoy for Syria Thomas Barrack as he raises the American flag at U.S. ambassador's residency in Damascus, Syria ...
US envoy Thomas Barrack visited Syria. This marks the first official visit by a high-ranking US official since 2012. Barrack, also the US ambassador to Turkiye, met with the Syrian foreign minister.