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.

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 ...

"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.

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 ...

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 ...