Archaeologists analyzed declassified images of Syria, Iraq and Turkey from the 1960s to 1970s and found hundreds of Roman forts, a study said. Figure from Casana, Goodman and Ferwerda (2023); CORONA ...

IDLIB PROVINCE, Syria, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Mohamad Othman remembers going on school trips to ancient archaeological sites in Syria, never imagining one of them would become his home. Othman and his ...

AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian museums have locked away thousands of ancient treasures to protect them from looting and violence but one of humanity's greatest cultural heritages remains in grave peril, the ...

Abu Khaled knows the worth of things. As a small-time smuggler living along the porous border between Syria and Lebanon, he has dabbled in antiquities as much as the cigarettes, stolen goods and ...

The Fortress of Saladin, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Syria's Latakia province, was damaged during the earthquake in February — Louai Beshara Zuhair Hassoun examines worrying cracks in a ...