A Reuters investigation found 40 distinct sites of killings, looting and arson during three days of sectarian massacres ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The death toll from a suicide bomb attack on a church in Syria at the weekend has risen to 25, state media said Monday. The attack Sunday on the Mar Elias Greek Orthodox ...

The Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, the oldest surviving stone mosque, was built between 705 and 715 CE by Umayyad Caliph al-Walid I [Photo courtesy of HAND] The maintenance plan was a much-needed ...

Just a few days after the liberation of Syria, leading to the end of the Assad rule, in December last year, humanitarian worker Saadettin Muvakit fell upon a sorry sight: the neglected state of the ...

and comes as Damascus under its de facto Islamist rule is trying to win the support of minorities. The Interior Ministry and witnesses said a gunman entered the church and opened fire on the ...

Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 4: Photographic Files / 4.34: Photo File 34: Prints of drawings and maps Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, ...

Damascus,SANA-The minister of education Dr. Mohammad Abdul Rahman Turko, along with his Deputy Youssef Annan and Deputy Minister of Interior Major General Ahmad Lattouf, inspected the examination ...

Suicide bomber with reported ties to Islamic State kills 22 and injures 63 at Greek Orthodox church in Syria, as officials condemn the attack amid rising Middle East tensions.

Syria’s interior ministry says that authorities have arrested several suspects in connection with a suicide attack on a church the day before, with the minister saying the operation targeted ...

22 people have been reported dead and 63 others injured following an attack on a Syrian church by a suicide bomber reportedly tied to the Islamic State terrorist group.

A suicide bomber who blew himself up at a church on the outskirts of Damascus on Sunday was a member of the Islamic State group, Syria's interior minister said. The attack killed at least 20 ...