Women have won just six seats so far in the new 210-member parliament. This is not surprising considering how few were ...

Ten months after rebels toppled the long-entrenched Assad regime, little-checked bloodshed has led many Syrians to abandon ...

History has the annoying tendency to forget things. Whole civilizations produced works that continue to amaze us today, ...

A piece of silky fabric from the National Museum of Damascus, unearthed from a tomb in the ancient city of Palmyra, is ...

Assad's unchallenged power, the regime arbitrarily arrested thousands of men, women, and children. In notorious detention ...

Working with a team of forensic geologists, a Reuters investigation used comparative soil techniques to further corroborate our key finding: Bashar al-Assad’s government transferred thousands of ...

Arabic literature is still partly shaped by a story written in Europe more than a century ago. It begins in the eighth century, when Baghdad under the Abbasid caliphs became a centre of science, ...

In 2006, I was able to travel to Israel for the first time. Even as a child, I had learned from my father about the spiritual ...

Fort Worth native Andrew Slaughter’s love of cooking sent him down a bladesmithing rabbit hole, leading him to take a stab at knifemaking for the first time.

Print layering is enjoying a resurgence with fresh approaches on a time-honored technique. But this movement isn’t merely for ...

Syrians are awaiting the results of the first elections since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, which authorities hope will represent a new chapter for the war-torn country. Sunday’s limited vote was “a ...