The Muslim conquest of the Levant reshaped the political and religious landscape of the Middle East shattering Byzantine control and expanding the early Islamic Caliphate. In Part 2 of the ...

MARAAT AL-NUMAN, Syria — A contractor digging into the earth where the rubble of a destroyed house had been cleared away in northern Syria stumbled across a surprise: the remains of an underground ...

Over the years, war built nations and dictated the course of history, yet some conflicts dragged on for much longer than even imagination would assume. The extent of over a century for a conflict ...

A 1,500-year-old Byzantine tomb complex has been uncovered in Maarat al-Numan, Syria, during reconstruction after years of war.

A construction worker has unearthed a 1,500-year-old Byzantine tomb complex in the war-torn province of Idlib, northern Syria. The discovery occurred in Maarat al-Numan, a town of strategic importance ...

A Byzantine treasure hoard of gold coins and jewels, hidden since the 7th century during times of war, has been found in ...