It’s been four months since the fall of longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad marked the beginning of a new era in Syria. While ...

During a visit to Palmyra, reporters found traces of the many forces that had fought over the city and ancient monuments ...

Once on the civil war's front line, the medieval souk, the major Syrian city's former bustling heart, is now largely ...

Scores of U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters have left two neighborhoods in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo part of a deal with the central government in Damascus.

Surrounded by masked gunmen in flak jackets, men and boys chanted “God is great” as he walked through the heart of Syria's largest city. The sudden capture of Aleppo, also an ancient business ...

Since antiquity, Aleppo has been famous for gold. But a post-war crime wave means jewelers no longer display gold in windows. The city is installing solar-powered streetlights to fight crime.

Archaeologists recently unveiled a series of strange, centuries-old inscriptions at the site believed to be the location of ...

NPR's Lauren Frayer has more from Aleppo, Syria's commercial capital, which was once a center for the gold trade in the ancient world ... Unfortunately, half of the city is destroyed.