MARAAT AL-NUMAN, Syria — A contractor digging into the earth where the rubble of a destroyed house had been cleared away in northern Syria stumbled across a surprise: the remains of an underground ...

The Muslim conquest of the Levant reshaped the political and religious landscape of the Middle East shattering Byzantine control and expanding the early Islamic Caliphate. In Part 2 of the ...

5. Byzantine–Seljuq wars Over 300 years (1048–1348 CE), the Byzantine Empire was locked in an enduring struggle with the Seljuk Turks. These clashes focused on dominance over Asia Minor and ...

The Byzantines and the Venetians were masters of commerce, and that led to a devastating trade war between the two powers.

A construction worker has unearthed a 1,500-year-old Byzantine tomb complex in the war-torn province of Idlib, northern Syria. The discovery occurred in Maarat al-Numan, a town of strategic importance ...