BEIRUT (AP) — A tunnel explosion in the northern city of Aleppo lightly damaged the wall of its famous citadel Sunday, the latest archaeological site to be ravaged in Syria’s civil war, activists and ...

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ALEPPO, Syria—Late one January night, two balaclava-clad security officers with Syria’s new government were speeding through ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The monuments and inscriptions of ...

Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa has launched the Syrian Development Fund, asking for contributions to rebuild areas of Syria ...

The visits come after reported airstrikes in Homs and Lattakia and explosions at Damascus airport. Syria continues to juggle ...

The scars that disfigure Syria after 14 years of civil war are wider than its minefields. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of towns and villages across the country have been destroyed or abandoned in one ...

A Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighter stands guard during a gathering to celebrate Nowruz, the Kurdish New Year, in Qamishli, northeastern Syria, on March 21, 2025 [Baderkhan Ahmad/AP] The ...

ALEPPO, Syria – The streets surrounding Aleppo’s medieval citadel still bear the scars of the years-long battle that reduced swathes of this ancient city to rubble. Yet amid the destruction, from a ...

DRESSED in yellow from head-to-toe, Abu Zakkour is hailed as part of the "heritage" of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, along with its medieval citadel and its ancient covered markets. For nearly ...

ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - Before the war, Aleppo's ancient walled citadel drew in armies of visitors to one of the Middle East's greatest treasures. But for the past four years the Citadel's high ...

Scientists discovered Syriemys lelunensis, a 50-million-year-old fossil sea turtle from Syria. Near the city of Afrin in ...