A 2nd-century gate in the Old City's Muslim Quarter offers a glimpse into the capital's multilayered history -- and complex present ...

As Mark Twain wrote, Damascus “measures time not by days and months and years, but by the empires she has seen rise and ...

Northeastern Pennsylvania's annual free Self-guided Maple Tour is March 1 and 2. Nine of the 15 participating farms are in ...

The city of ... with the old regime, summarily rounding up hundreds of young men and detaining them for weeks. With Mr Sharaa’s more obedient fighters tied up in Damascus, members of less ...

Israelis have been arrested on suspicion of spying for Iran, prompting speculation about why they were open to overtures from ...

Israeli and Hamas officials say they have reached an agreement to exchange the bodies of dead hostages for the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.

While Ocalan's call raises hopes for ending decades of conflict with Turkey, questions remain about the future of Kurdish ...

The myth of an Arab “Palestine,” a place that has never existed, has plunged the region into an endless state of war, ...

Eighty-three-year-old Holocaust survivor Ludmila Lipovsky was ... that the terrorist was a Palestinian resident of the West Bank city of Tulkarm who had previously served a prison sentence in ...