Syria's new defence minister said on Sunday it would not be right for U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters based in the country's ...

The Egyptian Armed Forces’ Department of Morale Affairs organized a visit on Saturday for a delegation of journalists and ...

Archaeologists discovered more than a dozen mummies older than 2,000 years with tongues made from golden amulets. Ancient ...

With a population over 15 million, Baladi dogs are everywhere—and often mistreated or killed. But that’s starting to change.

The Pyramids of Egypt are one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, and the only one that still survives. They are one ...

As C.I.A. director, William J. Burns was deeply focused on China and Russia when the Middle East conflict plunged him back ...

Today, many of our communications are written digitally, but handwriting still has an important place in our lives. The earliest-known writing dates back to around 3500 - 3100 BC in Mesopotamia, ...

One verse, five voices. Edited by Nina Litvak and Salvador Litvak, the Accidental Talmudist The Egyptians ruthlessly imposed ...

Imagine a snake — coiled, elusive, and steeped in meaning — emerging from the depth of the world's cultural history to leave ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates announced in a Sunday statement that it is monitoring ...

The ancient Egyptians celebrated the new year in a variety of ways, including having feasts, giving gifts, and exposing statues of gods to sunlight so they could be "regenerated." When you ...