PALMYRA, Syria — Abdurahman Abu Hamza, a farmer from the Syrian city of Deir Ezzour, last visited the ancient ruins of ...

Moussa said that he started off by visiting the battered sites of the sprawling ancient city, which flourished thanks to its position astride the Silk Road two millennia ago. “Honestly ...

The UN body has brought several religious and other buildings in the Iraqi city back to life as part of an $115 million ...

Similar architectural styles can only be found in Aleppo, Damascus, and Samaria. The medieval city of Kulan, referenced in seventh-century Chinese and Arabic sources, is steeped in palace intrigues ...

He might have added Aleppo to the trio. If he had written about Aleppo six years ago, he might have mentioned a spirit of optimism. Great efforts had been made to restore some of the fabric of the old ...

Donald Trump took a victory lap over the weekend celebrating his January pardon of Ross Ulbricht, founder of the “Silk Road” ...

Ross Ulbricht, sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for creating the darknet market Silk Road, is free. Ulbricht is a freedom fighter to some, and a dangerous criminal to ...

Ulbricht, who was convicted of running an anonymous online drug marketplace, became a hero to crypto-holders everywhere. What ...

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President Trump did not pardon or commute the prison sentence of Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the anonymous marketplace website Silk Road, despite his promise on the campaign trail to free him on ...