ISIS deliberately destroyed ancient monuments and sites across Iraq and Syria, including Palmyra, Nimrud, Hatra, and Mosul’s historic mosques, targeting cultural heritage as part of their extremist ...

Christians are fleeing Syria to the point where their ancient communities may disappear.

Home to some of the last speakers of Aramaic, Maaloula was attacked in Syria’s civil war. Its residents are determined to rebuild–and preserve their mother tongue from extinction.

In ancient times, the mountaintops of Greece held the shrines and ritual sites of the gods. Now, they’re astonishingly ...

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As the war against Iran enters its third week, the White House says ground troops are "not part of the plan." Seasoned ...

Iran says at least 56 of its heritage sites damaged or destroyed in war.

Christian communities are opposing Lebanon’s involvement in the conflict while weighing whether Hezbollah’s weakening could ...

I remember, during the Iraq-Iran war in the 1980s, seeing teenagers and old men being given green keys to Paradise and marched off to be cannon fodder for the Iraqi guns. When they were killed (or ...

The Old City of Damascus, shaped by successive civilizations and surrounded by ancient walls preserving a history that stretches ...

Streets are empty, the shops are closed and dogs roam the pavements. An explosion erupts, and doctors brace for incoming ...