National Geographic's 100 best images of the year—curated from 107 photographers, 119 stories, and more than two million photographs.

This is Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens’ depiction of Judah Maccabee’s triumph in the rebellion he led against the Seleucid Empire from 167-164 B.C. Rubens lived from 1577-1640.

Iran dreamed up a U.S.-style Marshall Plan to rebuild Syria after the civil war. ... A $26 million Euphrates River rail bridge built by an Iranian charity collapsed under a U.S. coalition ...

Journey to the Seven Wonders Though only one of the ancient marvels still stands, they still engage our imagination—and launch a thousand tours—more than two millennia later ...

The bald ibis once lived across the Middle East, North Africa and Southern and Central Europe, but has disappeared from most of these areas and is currently considered endangered.

By early 2019, the Islamic State was largely defeated as the SDF took its last holdouts near the Euphrates River. Thousands of IS detainees and their families ended up in camps and detention centers ...

Further east, U.S. forces on the Euphrates River are working with the Syrian Democratic Forces. The SDF is made up of Kurds , whom Israeli officials also say they will support .

More to Bashar Assad on March 7, 2025, in outskirts of Jableh, Latakia countryside, Syria. ... the SNA are actively attacking SDF positions along the Euphrates River and have killed and maimed ...

HIRRI, Syria — Mohammad Khalawi explains the devastation of Syria’s Deir al-Zour province through the scars left by the many conquerors who passed through during 13 years of civil war. It was ...

Clashes in Syria have increased at the Tishrin Dam, a strategic site on the Euphrates River around 30 miles south of the Turkish border controlled by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces. The ...

There are no easy answers in Syria. Meanwhile, HTS’s rule will undoubtedly be an improvement on Assad, responsible for the vast bulk of the deaths in the Syrian conflict—but women, minority ...