In an even better state of preservation in Butler’s time, these late antique Syrian houses provide rare glimpses of the lifestyle in one of the most important eastern provinces of the Roman and later, ...

Traditional mud-brick houses that the people of northern Syria have built for thousands of years risk disappearing, as 12 years of war have emptied villages and left the buildings crumbling.

He is rebuilding his destroyed family house in the Qaboun neighborhood near Damascus, Syria 's capital. The traditional building, which once housed his family, parents and some relatives, had a ...

(AP/Omar Sanadiki/ representative) He is rebuilding his destroyed family house in the Qaboun neighbourhood near Damascus, Syria 's capital. The traditional building, which once housed his family ...