In this Friday, Sept. 27, 2013 photo, a displaced Syrian woman comforts her one-month old grandchild Fatima inside a stone house near Kafer Rouma, in ancient ruins used as temporary shelter by those ...

A Greek inscription and carved busts on a stele found in Syria point to a soldier who died serving a legion at Alexandria.

FILE PHOTO: A general view of the National Museum of Damascus after it reopened, a month after the ousting of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, January 9, 2025. REUTERS/Yamam Al ...

On Monday, President Donald Trump met with Syrian leader Ahmad al Sharaa, better known by his nom de guerre, Abu Mohammad al Jolani. This pivotal meeting offers a critical opportunity: to leverage ...

(FILES) Youngsters walk outside Syria's National Museum as it reopens to visitors, in Damascus — LOUAI BESHARA Thieves made off with several ancient gold ingots from Syria's national museum in ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Thieves broke into ...

Twenty-three Syrian artefacts returned from France after more than 15 years are now on public display at the historic Damascus Citadel, giving visitors a chance to view pieces spanning thousands of ...

During Syria's civil war, the country's archaeologists risked and sometimes lost their lives in an effort to save tens of thousands of ancient relics across the country from war. But as NPR's Emily ...

PALMYRA, Syria (AP) — The stately remnants of 2,000-year-old columns and temples rise from the sand in the ancient city of Palmyra, known to locals as the “Bride of the Desert.” Once the capital of a ...

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A picture shows a broken statue at the museum in Syria’s Roman-era ancient city of Palmyra on February 7, 2021, in the country’s central province of Homs. – Syria has six sites listed on the UNESCO ...