Syria is set to receive $5 million including for Palmyra, while a further $9 million has been earmarked to address the impact ...

The civil war devastating Syria and spilling into Iraq has claimed yet another casualty: museums and cultural heritage sites. As evidence of destruction mounts, the international community is ...

IDLIB, Syria — An antiquities museum in Syria’s rebel-held province of Idlib said to house one of the world’s oldest dictionaries reopened on Monday after five years, an AFP correspondent said.

Syria's National Museum in the heart of Damascus has reopened, more than six years after the prominent institution was shut down and emptied as the country's civil war encroached on the capital.

The Syrian team had to keep the project secret so the Ma'arra museum wouldn't be targeted. They needed a cover story to explain why they were bringing in so much Tyvek.

Syria’s conflict, raging since early 2011, has been detrimental for the country’s rich heritage. Authorities shut down museums and safely stored away over 300,000 artifacts, but some sites ...

Historians and museum staff struggle to rescue 300,000 ancient treasures from Syria’s museums and 100,000 historic sites.

An antiquities museum in Syria's rebel-held province of Idlib said to house one of the world's oldest dictionaries reopened on Monday after five years, an ...