IDLIB, Syria -- The Orontes River in northwestern Syria has long been a lifeline for farmers, including 50-year-old Bahjat al-Bakru, who have used it to irrigate their nearby crops. But since the ...

River-rafting on the Orontes ('Assi') river that passes through Lebanon, as well as Syria, is picking up popularity as well as reaping benefits for the local Hermel community.

The Orontes river valley tells the story of Syria. Here, neighbor is fighting neighbor. For generations, the Alawites and Sunnis in the valley had lived peacefully, ...

There was a warning at 11:20 am. on February 9 about a sharp rise in the river current and that it had risen from 15 cubic meters to 130 cubic meters in the Orontes river. The covers of the Afrin ...

The alleyways of the Syrian town of Darkush are normally thronged with pedestrians but since the swollen Orontes River burst its banks, Abu Ihab's boat provides the main way of getting around. But ...

This article was originally published with the title “ The Orient Pacific Liner 'Orontes' ” in SA Supplements Vol. 55 No. 1424supp (April 1903), p. 22817 doi: ...