My mind had drifted to a place that has long captivated both historians and tourists – a city that took forty years to build, the dream project of a ruler: Medina az-Zahara (the city of Zahara), ...

This episode was produced by Noor Wazwaz, Sonia Bhagat, and Chloe K Li with Phillip Lanos, Spencer Cline, Kisaa Zehra, Remas Alhawari, Mariana Navarrete, and our guest host, Natasha Del Toro. It ...

So the only rival is the growing power of the Mayans [in Mesoamerica] and the Abbasids [in the Middle East] at this point. It’s an idea which I argue in this book never has the slightest ...

It is mostly dry this year. In Damascus’s eastern area of Abbasids, Bassam Jbara is feeling the shortage. His neighborhood only gets water for about 90 minutes a day, compared with previous ...

Earlier excavations recovered several Byzantine “sandal” lamps, while the recent fieldwork added dozens of intact oil lamps and fragments of hundreds more, most dating to Abbasid layers.

Damascus, SANA-Amidst the trees in the garden of National Museum in Damascus, young Farouk Saies presented new models of the minarets of the Umayyad Mosque. This project, titled “The Fortress ...

RABAT — Morocco said Saturday it would reopen its embassy in Damascus, signaling renewed support for Syria after the overthrow of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad, as Damascus announced a similar ...

Making concessions before negotiations have even started is not the usual way to get a good deal, whether in business or diplomacy. Yet before meeting at Riyadh with Syria’s new leader, Ahmad ...

People celebrate in Damascus' Umayyad square after US President Donald Trump's decision to lift sanctions on Syria, on 13 May 2025 (AFP/Bakr al-Kassem) “Syria was excluded from the international ...

The spring also feeds the Barada River that cuts through the capital. It is mostly dry this year. In Damascus’s eastern area of Abbasids, Bassam Jbara is feeling the shortage. His neighborhood only ...