At the opening of a new art exhibit on the faces of ancient Palmyra at the Museo archeologico nazionale di Cividale del Friuli in the northern Italian city of Friuli, prominent Near Eastern ...

ISIS Pulls Out Of Palmyra, Leaves Destruction In Its Wake : The Two-Way Syrian government troops say they have driven ISIS forces out of the ancient city, but the self-described Islamic State has ...

PALMYRA, Syria – The Syrian city of Palmyra stood for decades as a shining example of ancient civilization, a caravan stop on the Silk Road that served as the capital of Queen Zenobia’s empire ...

Syrian pro-government forces walk on a street in the ancient city of Palmyra on March 27, 2016, after troops recaptured the city from ISIS. STR/AFP/AFP/Getty Images.

The ancient city of Palmyra flourished around 2,000 years ago as a hub for trade. (Image credit: Waj via Shutterstock) The identity of an unknown god described in inscriptions from the ancient ...

An arch in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra is the latest casualty. — -- A 2,000-year-old arch in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra is the latest casualty by ISIS militants. Professor ...

Last year, the Islamic State captured Palmyra, an ancient desert city in the heart of Syria and a UNESCO World Heritage site, and set about killing local civilians and targeting those suspected of ...

Smoke rises after a Syrian Rocket launcher shell on Islamic State positions in the ancient oasis city of Palmyra, about 215 kilometers northeast of Damascus on Tuesday. News reports say the ...

The Isis militant group has destroyed a historic temple in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, which had stood almost perfectly intact for nearly 2,000 years. When exactly the Baalshamin Temple ...

NEARLY five years ago, shortly after graduating from my alma mater, Calvin College, I remember my mother and grandmother crying in the kitchen, telling me “there’s no reason to go into Syria ...

Syrian authorities say Islamic State militants have advanced to within 2 kilometers of Palmyra, an ancient city with outstanding architectural heritage dating from the first century. The militants ...

Syrian pro-government forces walk on a street in the ancient city of Palmyra on March 27, 2016, after troops recaptured the city from ISIS. STR/AFP/AFP/Getty Images.