At the beginning of the new Christian year, as the Syrian crisis entered its fifth year, talking about “historical memory” and the need to revisit archives and libraries, review the 20th century’s developments, and focusing on historical grounds of the ongoing political events in the region and the world seem inevitable....
The DaeshTakfiri terrorists have blown up an ancient temple in the UNESCO-listed ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, says the country’s head of antiquities....
The ISIL militants in Iraq have launched a systematic ethnic cleansing campaign in the areas they have seized, killing people indiscriminately. Last week, the ISIL announced that it was establishing what it called a caliphate on the territories under its control in Syria and Iraq....