18 - Ancient City of Damascus (Syrian Arab Republic) (C 20bis) 2016 40COM 7A.22 - General Decision on the World Heritage properties of the Syrian Arab Republic 2016 40COM 8C.2 - Update of the list of ...

Pope John Paul II has become the first Pontiff to enter a mosque during his groundbreaking pilgrimage to Syria. The country's top Muslim clerics are escorting the Pope through Damascus' Omayyad Mosque ...

In the past few years, Damascus Gate has often been a flashpoint ... an Israeli organization that describes its mission as “protecting ancient sites as public assets that belong to members ...

Metallurgists have puzzled for several centuries as to how the unique patterns on the ancient Damascus blades were formed. Using a modern metallurgical computational software package, the relevant ...

In the age of misinformation, the Damascus Blood Libel sheds light on ... The Jewish community of Syria has ancient roots, tracing back to the Babylonian exile in 586 BCE. Over time, Jews adapted ...

Founded in the 3rd millennium B.C., Damascus is one of the oldest cities in the Middle East. In the Middle Ages, it was the centre of a flourishing craft industry, specializing in swords and lace. The ...