A 2nd-century gate in the Old City's Muslim Quarter offers a glimpse into the capital's multilayered history -- and complex present ...

Located in the middle of modern-day Syria, around 130 miles northeast of Damascus, Palmyra had prospered since coming under Roman control in the first century A.D. Sitting at the crossroads ...

ARRAF: In this land, where Judaism flourished since Roman times, there are wonders ... still known as the Jewish quarter in modern Damascus, the delegation members wear kippahs, religious ...

One day Saul was traveling from Jerusalem on the road to Damascus. There ... Paul traveled some 10,000 miles across the Roman Empire, preaching in cities that were brimming with the poorest ...