Nearly a century ago, Danish archaeologists traveled to the site of the ancient city of Hama, a region that was occupied for close to 8,000 years. Hama, now in modern-day Syria, was first occupied ...

Syria's Interior Ministry says the sleeper cell behind a deadly church explosion near Damascus belonged to the Islamic State ...

Syria's revitalized ancient Mar Musa Monastery, near the city of Nebek, ... (80 kilometers) in the mountainous desert area north of the Syrian capital, Damascus.

In an ancient city in Syria, ... Hama is located in present-day western Syria, about a 136-mile drive from the nation’s capital of Damascus along the eastern border of Lebanon.

Shiite rituals for Ashoura in Damascus have drastically changed after the fall of Syria's former President Bashar Assad.

A contractor in Syria discovered an ancient underground Byzantine tomb complex believed to be 1,500 years old below a destroyed home. The grave site was found last month in the town of Maarat al ...

A Byzantine-era Christian burial site unearthed in Maarat al-Numan, Syria, contains ancient crosses, graves and artifacts, highlighting Idlib province's rich archaeological heritage of many sites.

Rebel fighters claimed they captured the Syrian capital of Damascus early Sunday as government forces loyal to the country’s president, Bashar al-Assad, were routed in a mater of days.

Rebel fighters claimed they captured the Syrian capital of Damascus early Sunday as government forces loyal to the country’s president, Bashar al-Assad, were routed in a mater of days.