By Sunday, rebels were celebrating in Syria’s capital, Damascus, and declared it free of Mr. al-Assad. Syria’s longtime ...
Joyful crowds gathered in central squares in Damascus, waving the Syrian revolutionary flag in scenes that recalled the early ...
“It’s the ultimate community event,” said Jack Welsh.
Israel captured the Golan Heights during the Middle East war of 1967. Israel annexed much of the territory in 1981 and the ...
Southern Elam was known as Anshan from the earliest times to the days of the Persian empire. Long before the rise of the city of Babylon the old city-states of Accad and Lagash held for a time part of ...
CLAMP really crafted a manga that sticks with you and keeps remaining topical with Tokyo Babylon, and it makes it a joy to ...
Jimmy McCune, who helped fuel Long Island’s craft beer industry as a marketing guru, has switched his focus to yet another up-and-coming industry – cannabis.
The final book in the Old Testament, the last book in the Hebrew Neviim or Prophets, is the book of Malachi. In Hebrew, the word comes from a word meaning “messenger,” which points to Malachi as a ...
Islamist-led rebels declared that they have taken Damascus in a lightning offensive on Sunday, sending President Bashar al-Assad fleeing and ending five decades of Baath rule in Syria.
Cylinder seals from Ur, c. 2450 BC, Penn Museum, Philadelphia, USA In the first article of this series, I provided a brief historical overview of the Neo-Assyrian, Urartian, and Achaemenid empires, ...
Newsday's annual look at the top Long Island high school girls basketball players heading into the 2024-25 winter season. All ...
One of the darkest moments in the modern history of the Arab world happened more than four decades ago, when then-Syrian ...