The Times Literary Supplement '… [this] book is of great importance in both its method and its content for the study of Roman Syria and the surrounding region from the Seleucid period through the ...

A 1,600-year-old virtually intact Roman-era mosaic has been discovered in central Syria. The mosaic, measuring 20 x 6m (65.5 x 20ft), was found under a building in Rastan near Homs, which was held ...

Palmyra had a history of cooperation with Roman rule, and this had resulted in many benefits for the desert kingdom. Located in the middle of modern-day Syria, around 130 miles northeast of ...

Syria's state-run media say that a strike on the Syrian town of Palmyra killed 36 people and wounded more than 50, an attack ...

The Syrian defence ministry said 36 people were killed and more than 50 wounded Wednesday in Israeli air strikes on the city ...

It is unclear whether Palmyra's ancient ruins, already damaged by the Islamic State group in 2015, suffered additional harm.

Syria's state-run media said a strike on the country's historic town of Palmyra on Wednesday killed 36 people and wounded ...

St Isaac had long been renowned for the beauty and power of his spiritual writings, but until now not been officially ...

Israeli strikes killed 79 people, including some from Iraq and Lebanon, in the Syrian city of Palmyra, a monitor said ...