Bishop Hanna Jallouf, the apostolic vicar of Aleppo and head of the Latin Church in Syria, shared his reflections on what has just happened in his country.
Despite reports that government forces were preparing to defend the capital, the Syrian army was nowhere to be found. One video from Damascus showed a military checkpoint that had been abandoned.
The settlement— known as Dur-Sharrukin —is located at the site of present-day Khorsabad, a village in northern Iraq. It was ...
Syrian expatriates and their supporters beat drums and sang revolutionary songs in Arabic at a gathering in Washington Square ...
“It’s the ultimate community event,” said Jack Welsh.
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.
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 ...
America and the city of Babylon We are living in a nation where there are close to 30 million alcoholics, including millions ...