The 1,300-year-old structure was breached by U.S-backed Syrian opposition forces trying to capture Raqqa who brought the fight closer to the heart of the IS-held city.

Dire prophecies have intensified as Obama considers airstrike on Syria; Prophecy has played prominent role in U.S. faith%2C politics; Some clergymen say prophecies should be viewed in their ...

He thinks conflict in Syria was foretold by the Old Testament. Novelist Joel Rosenberg has the ear of Rick Santorum, Rick Perry, and the Heritage Foundation. Skip to main content ...

Syria's civil defence team said 16 people had been killed "as a result of an explosion in a hardware store" in the apartment ...

North Syria was a very important area geographically in prehistoric times, and the excavations at Ras Shamra, like those of Mersin in Cilicia, alas scarcely more than begun, may well prove to be ...

More information: Grigory Kessel, A New (Double Palimpsest) Witness to the Old Syriac Gospels (Vat. iber. 4, ff. 1 & 5), New Testament Studies (2023). DOI: 10.1017/S0028688522000182 ...

"Bashan" is a biblical term referring to the lands south of Syria and east of Jordan that was conquered by Israelites after defeating Og, the king of Bashan, according to the Old Testament.

In the communiqué, the Patriarchate emphasizes that Syria is home to many survivors of the Armenian Genocide and their descendants, whose presence is a testament to the resilience and faith of ...

BEIRUT (AP) — The Old City wall of Syria's Raqqa that was the scene of intense fighting Tuesday in the battle against the Islamic State group was once a testament to the golden age of Islamic ...

Experts estimate that between 100,000 and 300,000 of the roughly 1 million munitions used during the Syrian civil war never detonated. ... Blast from suspected old bomb in Syria kills 16.