In Baalbek, strikes hit the immediate vicinity of Roman ruins and damaged churches. Other ancient sites in Tyre and Byblos ...

Those attacks came as a stab in the back during the army’s offensive against Isis, forcing it to abandon a push east from recently liberated ancient Palmyra to the besieged city of Deir Ezzor. An Isis ...

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So far, he has been quite right - ancient monuments have crumbled ... of the immense Buddha in Bamiyan and how ISIS destroyed priceless cultural treasures in Palmyra and Mosul. Other disasters are ...

The appeal highlights the threat to the citadel of Baalbek, which houses a renowned ancient temple complex BEIRUT ... House and damaging the facade and several rooms of the nearby Palmyra Hotel, a ...

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During its 150-year history, the Palmyra Hotel has welcomed guests including post-war ... for a ceasefire "to protect our ...

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DNA testing of 14 individuals buried in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii has shown their sex and ethnic background is different to what earlier archaeologists assumed. Nuclear and mitochondrial ...

Gaza At first, it seemed like a quiet Tuesday morning in Lebanon's city of Baalbek, nestled in the Bekaa Valley and home to historic ruins and near the town of Boudai. But then the familiar thudding ...