The footage showing "the storming and attack" of the shrine in Aleppo is "old and dates to the time of the liberation" of the northern Syrian city by Islamist-led rebels earlier this month, an ...

After the conquests of Alexander the Great in Egypt, the Ptolemaic dynasty established Alexandria, the jewel of the ...

All Syrian rebel groups are to be dissolved and united under the Defence Ministry, Syria's transitional government announced ...

A view from the first city taken by the rebels who ousted President Bashar al-Assad, scene of a brutal Russian-backed ...

The latest findings cast light on the history of a major civilization that is considered to be one of the world's first ...

The church bells still ring in Syria’s ancient Christian enclaves, but their sound carries a bittersweet resonance. Two weeks ...

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

The historic Baron Hotel in Syria's Aleppo is dilapidated and damaged by years of war but still standing and ready for a ...

Anyone who is interested in the roots of Christian history is familiar with the following, drawn from the 11th chapter of Acts. Where is Antioch today? That biblical city now known as Antakya, located ...

With the stunning change of leadership in Syria and the end of a 50-year reign of the Assad regime, the significance of religious history in Syria shouldn't be overlooked. Most Syrians are now Muslim, ...

Surrounded by masked gunmen in flak jackets, men and boys chanted “God is great” as he walked through the heart of Syria's largest city. The sudden capture of Aleppo, also an ancient business ...