Syrians are once again picnicking and smoking shisha amid the ruins of ancient Palmyra, once desecrated by jihadists but still awe-inspiring, and open to the public following the overthrow of ...

By 1600 b.c., less than one in 20 bones found at sites in the Levant typically come from pigs, and most of those appear to be wild boars that were hunted. At the dawn of the Iron Age, some 500 years ...

A sensational new papyrus from Israel documents fraud and sedition on the eve of a major Jewish revolt against Rome in the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. An U.N peacekeeper takes position in Mays al-Jabal, southern Lebanon, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. (AP Photo ...

MAYS AL-JABAL, Lebanon (AP) — Israel’s military Saturday set up roadblocks across border towns and roads in a strategic valley in southern Lebanon, a day before the deadline for it to withdraw ...

Lebanese army soldiers (R) and Israeli troops gather near their vehicles on either side of a barbed wire barrier, as an Israeli bulldozer pours soil to build a roadblock in Borj al-Mlouk in the border ...

The Lebanese army on Saturday said it was ready to deploy its forces in the country’s south, accusing Israel of procrastination in its withdrawal under a ceasefire, a day before the pullout ...

This picture taken from Lebanon’s southern village of Shaqra on January 25, 2025 shows Israeli army soldiers by a humvee and a four-wheel-drive vehicle at the entrance of the village of Hula ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. In the days since a fragile ceasefire took hold in the Gaza Strip, Israel has launched a major military ...

Israel’s defence minister says military applying ‘method’ from Gaza war in major raid on occupied West Bank’s Jenin. Palestinians women and children, one with arms raised, walk next to ...