In an even better state of preservation in Butler’s time, these late antique Syrian houses provide rare glimpses of the lifestyle in one of the most important eastern provinces of the Roman and later, ...

Despite Syrian President Bashar Assad's ouster last month in a lightning insurgency, the country’s dire economic conditions haven't changed ...

In the arched courtyard of a traditional Damascus home, Syrian activist Sawsan Abou Zainedin recounted meeting the country’s new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa earlier this month. “We stressed the ...