Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple have given experts more clues about the ancient metropolis of Eridu.

The Syrian Defence Ministry has placed its forces in a state of heightened readiness as the hunt for remnants of the Assad ...

Assad's regime collapsed in just 12 days, ending over five decades of authoritarian rule in Syria. A swift and coordinated ...

Al Jazeera’s correspondent says Israel’s bombing and aid blockade elevating Gaza crisis to ‘catastrophic proportions’.