Some scholars however has questioned the wording used in the new labels in the Ancient Levant and Egyptian galleries ...

The world’s largest ethnic group without an independent state is concentrated in Iran, Turkey, Iraq, and Syria ...

Every year, millions of people pack their bags and head to places most travel agents would refuse to book. Some are thrill-seekers, some are explorers chasing experiences off the beaten path, and some ...

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 ...

Syria is the cradle of Christianity. It is the land where the Apostle Paul was blinded by light on the road to Damascus. Yet ...

Tehran has sounded an alarm about extensive damage to its cultural and historic sites as a result of the United States-Israel war on Iran. The Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts ...

As the war on Iran intensifies, attacks are not only killing civilians but also devastating centuries-old palaces, museums, ...

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.

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 ...

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