A brutal airstrike shattered one of Syria’s most iconic ancient sites, the Ain Dara Temple. The temple’s destruction raises urgent questions about the cost of war on world heritage. What’s lost goes ...

Syria blamed the Islamic State group — entered with a rifle and began firing. As worshippers tackled him, he detonated an ...

Damascus, SANA-President Ahmad al-Sharaa affirmed that the new visual identity of the Syrian Arab Republic, launched today, expresses Syria that does not accept division or partition, a unified Syria.

DNA obtained from the remains of a man who lived in ancient Egypt around the time the first pyramids were built is providing ...

An Ancient Christian tomb complex dating back 1,500 years was discovered by a contractor who was clearing rubble beneath a destroyed house in Syria's Idlib province.

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

Listed alongside the more familiar knackered sofas and unwanted books are ancient, stolen treasures: Facebook Marketplace has ...

A contractor in Syria discovered an ancient underground Byzantine tomb complex believed to be 1,500 years old below a destroyed home. The grave site was found last month in the town of Maarat al ...

These 4,500-year-old rattles may be among the world’s oldest toys. A new study argues that ancient rattles unearthed in Syria aren’t musical instruments, but toys used to entertain infants.

Believed to be more than 1,500 years old from the Byzantine Empire, the ruins were found in Maarat al-Numan in Idlib province, located on the route between the cities of Aleppo and Damascus.