Syria's Ministry of Education has announced sweeping changes to the school curriculum, including the removal of any reference to symbols of the former regime, including the national anthem. Syrian ...

Wealth, culture, and power dwelled in the city of Palmyra in the third century A.D. This cosmopolitan capital of the Roman province of the same name lay close to the empire’s eastern borders ...

Syrian president Bashar Assad was meeting the Queen today, after publicly rebuffing a call from Tony Blair to shut down Palestinian terror organisations operating in ...

Damascus Countryside, SANA_ The Damask Rose (Damascene Rose or Rosa Damascena) is not merely an important economic agricultural product, but a part of the heritage and history of the inhabitants ...

Syria's Education Ministry is considering removing from the school curriculum, Queen Zenobia, one of the country's most emblematic icons. Among the controversial proposals is a drive to do away ...