On August 31, 2013, as French warplanes were en route to Syria to launch a joint operation with the US against the regime of ...

But to take advantage of this crossroads, Syrians need to understand their country’s post-independence history. It suggests that a successful transition to a post-Assad Syria will require ...

Damascus, Syria, holds the record as the world's oldest continuously inhabited city, surviving for over 11,000 years. Despite ...

With the stunning change of leadership in Syria and the end of a 50-year reign of the Assad regime, the significance of religious history in Syria shouldn't be overlooked. Most Syrians are now ...

as newly-independent countries attempted to forge connections based on their shared history. Pan-Arabism became a powerful ideology in countries such as Syria and Egypt. Gamal Abdel Nasser ...

In an extraordinary turn of events, reminiscent of the fall of the Ceausescus in Romania in December 1989 and the Taliban in November 2001, history pivoted. In the words of Syria’s foreign ...

The Jewish community in Syria has a history spanning nearly 3,000 years, beginning with the prophet Elijah’s time in Damascus. After the First Crusade in 1099, around 50,000 Jews fled Jerusalem ...

As Syria hurtles into a new era, the fate of its heritage sites hangs in the balance. The country’s gems of Jewish history will only survive as far as its next regime allows, said Cunliffe.

Syria's Assad resigns and leaves the country ... We must wait and see, but this is the most important moment in recent Middle Eastern history.

The fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has opened up a sea of uncertainty about Syria’s future — and about the treasures of its past, including the remnants of its Jewish history. A 13 ...

The fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has opened up a sea of uncertainty about Syria’s future — and about the treasures of its past, including the remnants of its Jewish history.