Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple ...

On the road to Damascus, Saul of Tarsus, who we would later come to know as St. Paul, saw a blinding light and from it heard ...

Over 200 years ago, Zhang Qian traveled to the Western Regions, opening up the Silk Road and building a bridge for economic and cultural exchange across Eurasia. Today, the love story of an Armenian ...

During a visit to Palmyra, reporters found traces of the many forces that had fought over the city and ancient monuments ...

Vilified by the Assad regime, these Nobel-nominated first responders operated only in rebel areas. Now their founder is in the new government and they're extending their reach to all of Syria.

At least in the capital, Damascus, the Christian holiday festivities were protected and joyfully observed. Religious ...