The end of more than a decade of civil war in Syria and the fall of the Assad regime has given archaeologists around the ...

Scholars also worry about the ruins of Roman-era synagogues in Syria’s ancient cities ... The country’s gems of Jewish history will only survive as far as its next regime allows, said Cunliffe.

Three concentric circles of domestic, regional, and global actors compete for power and influence in Syria because of the ...

Petersburg-based Institute of the History of Material Culture (IIMK) of the Russian Academy of Sciences will take part in a joint Russian-Syrian expedition that will be tasked to conserve ancient ...

While relative peace and stability have followed the Assad regime’s collapse, the proposed educational changes have stoked worries about the country’s new Islamist leadership.

All of Syria’s churches, whether of the larger Orthodox community or Catholic, are facing an imminent existential threat both from the new authorities and general political chaos following the Assad ...

In part, the author frames the history of Syria as one between “the ancient vision of Israel’s promises and Greater Syria’s dream of national cohesion…. represent(ing) not merely ...

The new curriculum also removes references to gods from ancient history courses, as well as a period of history that saw France rule Syria. It comes amid concern both in Syria and abroad over the ...

The Jewish community of Syria has ancient roots, tracing back to the ... Assad’s fall marks a turning point not only in Syrian history but also in the way the world engages with its cultural ...