Chinese influencers and diners are flocking to trendy restaurants and cafes decorated in “Syrian style” so they could photograph themselves posing in front of gaping holes and run-down walls that look like they have been bombed in a war.  The so-called “Syrian debris style”...

DOHUK, Iraq (AP) — Khari Hasan Kalo peered out of the window of the repatriation flight as it touched down in northern Iraq. It's a place he and his family had hoped never to see again after they left for Belarus two months ago, driven by dreams of a new life in Europe. Kalo, 35, had...

Kilis, located near the Turkish-Syrian border, traces its history of olive production back at least 4,000 years. Olive seeds and other discoveries at the ancient site of Oylum Höyük in the province verified that the Bronze Age settlement was among the east’s most important olive hubs,...

At a library of the Greek Orthodox patriarchate in Syria's capital Damascus, Rajaa Rajha has been working tirelessly and passionately day after day to restore ancient manuscripts. "I enjoy my work. I feel like these manuscripts have been traveling through time to come to me, waiting for me...