Follow the latest updates on the Pope's health after his condition worsened in hospital following two respiratory crises.

Public ceremonies, lavish processions, and temporary wooden arches were commonplace after victory in Ancient Rome. But during ...

Sartaba/Alexandrium was built by the Hasmoneans and expanded by Herod. A team of archaeologists has launched a first ...

The map below shows the location of Damascus and Rome. The blue line represents the straight line joining these two place. The distance shown is the straight line or the air travel distance between ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria’s new rulers touted a long-awaited national dialogue conference Tuesday as a “rare historic opportunity” to rebuild the country after the fall of President Bashar ...

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Monday that Israel’s actions in Syria are part of its expansionist agenda. His comments come after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said ...

Some 600 people from different parts of Syria were invited to the gathering in Damascus, hosted by the new authorities led by the Islamist former insurgent group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS.

DAMASCUS, Syria — Hundreds of Syrian politicians and activists gathered Tuesday in Damascus to endorse the opening steps of the country’s political transition, a milestone event after decades ...

Although the conference was called to chart the country’s future, the Kurdish-led militia that controls much of Syria’s northeast was not invited. By Raja Abdulrahim and Euan Ward Reporting fr ...

Ahmed al-Shara’s unlikely path from membership in Al Qaeda to head of state has raised questions about how he intends to govern Syria. Ahmed al-Shara’s unlikely path from membership in Al ...

The EU on Monday lifted a number of economic sanctions on Syria, after the fall of Bashar Assad's regime late last year. “We will go forward with the suspension of sanctions against Syria,” the EU's ...

The origin of the Huns in fourth-century Europe has long been debated, but centuries-old DNA has revealed their diverse backgrounds.