The oldest castles in the world that are still open for visitors unveil centuries of history within their walls and stones.

Syrians walk over rubble of damaged buildings, while carrying their belongings, as they flee clashes between government forces and rebels in Tariq al-Bab and al-Sakhour neighborhoods of eastern ...

As Israel seeks to flatten Tehran and Iran bombs Tel Aviv into a version of Beirut, here’s a case for the revival of demilitarised ‘open cities’ of cultural sig ...

Martin Gak compares Israel’s military tactics to Russia’s wars, warns of unchecked power and rising anti-Israel sentiment - ...

It is twenty-four years since the First Crusaders conquered Jerusalem. Robert of Bures is a young knight whose father rose to power and prosperity in the new Crusader kingdom, and whose uncle died in ...

There is a silence that comforts — the silence of awe before the sacred, the pause of grief, the reverent hush of memory. And then there is another kind. A silence of erasure, of complicity, of moral ...

In April 2025, the National Bank of Georgia published a quietly seismic statistic: foreign nationals now hold over 9.3 ...

The ongoing turmoil in the Middle East is rooted in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pursuit of the 'Greater Israel' project ...

After 14 years of civil war in Syria, and a devastating earthquake, mountains of rubble clog the streets of Aleppo, hindering ...

"What is happening in Aleppo is terrible, and one should not worry excessively about whether to classify the atrocities as genocide, war crimes, or crimes against humanity," Naimark said in an email.

Witness the profound impact of conflict on Aleppo through this poignant drone footage, capturing war-torn landscapes, ...

After decades of dictatorship and 13 years of civil war, can Syria put itself back together? Our journalists traveled the ...