The scars that disfigure Syria after 14 years of civil war are wider than its minefields. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of ...

Local and international experts are filling a government void, and have begun the process of mapping and assessing sites ...

The beads were identified as amber, something that was not common in Syria during the Iron Age and originated from the Baltic ...

PALMYRA, Syria — Abdurahman Abu Hamza, a farmer from the Syrian city of Deir Ezzour, last visited the ancient ruins of ...

With its wide boulevards and tree-lined neighborhoods, Homs bustled with business, an oil refinery, and agricultural production. Sunni and Alawite Muslims, Orthodox and Catholic Christians—diverse ...

It already appears evident that the days of Russia serving as its leading arms supplier have come to an ignominious end.

CBC's chief political correspondent Rosemary Barton speaks with former acting U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf ...

The ancient African town of Chinguetti was once a stopover for trade caravans and pilgrims in the Sahara Desert. As many of the people passing through were rich and educated, libraries started ...

Clay tablets at Kurd Qaburstan reveal ancient Mesopotamian culture Artefacts hint at urban life in the Middle Bronze Age city Findings challenge perceptions of ...

Damascus: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani said that Qatar welcomes the new Syrian administration's positive moves, and that ...

The ancient universities of India were intellectual powerhouses that attracted scholars from distant lands interested in studying mathematics and astronomy as well as philosophy and medicine.