Under a delicate decades-old "status quo" arrangement with Muslim authorities, the Al-Aqsa compound is administered by a Jordanian religious foundation and Jews can visit but may not pray there.

Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visited the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem on ...

Between independence from France in 1946 and 1970, when Hafez al-Assad – Bashar’s father – seized power, Syria was ruled by ...

Saudi Arabia has officially welcomed the stated intention of Canada and Malta to recognise the State of Palestine, a ...

One day my Aunt Clara said something about her “dresden,” maybe that I should be careful not to touch it.  I had no idea what ...

Turkish Airlines resumes flights to Aleppo after 13 years, offering new travel opportunities, cultural connections with daily ...

President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff is due to visit Gaza on Friday amid international criticisms of a ...

Apollodorus of Damascus, the Greek architectural genius who built Emperor Trajan’s Rome, from his Column to the longest ...

While still living in the village of Chemlan in Lebanon’s Chouf mountains, we had an old-fashioned wooden ice cream bucket with a handle to turn a tall ...

The first group of Syrian refugees has returned home from Lebanon under a new plan developed by the United Nations and the Lebanese government ...

More than 300 trucks of humanitarian aid have arrived in the Gaza Strip, informed the coordination of Israeli government ...