Landmarks including the ancient city of Palmyra and the medieval Crusader castle of Crac des Chevaliers remain scarred by ...
Experts are returning to Syria’s war-ravaged heritage sites, hoping to lay the groundwork for restoring them and reviving ...
Once-thriving landmarks like the ancient city of Palmyra and the medieval Crusader castle of Crac des Chevaliers remain ...
In north-west Syria, more than 700 abandoned Byzantine settlements called Dead Cities, stretch across rocky hills and plains, ...
Assad relied primarily on Alawites and ... and securing oil resources—the French had more ambiguous ambitions. Discovering the tomb of Saladin, the Kurdish sultan who expelled the Crusaders ...
AccueilHome; News; Politics; Syrian rebels burn the tomb of Bashar al-Assad's father. Syrian rebels have destroyed the tomb ...
Some of Syria’s most renowned heritage sites coud soon undergo restoration as experts return to the sites decimated by nearly 14 years of war. Conservationists hope the historical and cultural ...
The Assad regime, which ruled Syria for over 50 years ... Ma’zamiyya al-Sham (30 km south of Damascus) • The Tomb of the Dead near central Damascus • The Mass Tomb of the Conference Hall near central ...
Mr Sharaa’s Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham led the rebel offensive that ousted Assad in December, and he was appointed interim president last month. Assad’s hometown is located in Latakia ...