The heroic efforts to save thousands of ancient manuscripts from Timbuktu are celebrated as cultural treasures return home.

When it comes to interfaith dialogue, Muhammed Abu Layla’s memory can seem disconcertingly long. “Even during the crusades, we had good relations with you,” Mr. Abu Layla says, with an expansive ...

There is a culture war in the West over Islam. It has flared up again following last year’s attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, the daily predations of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria and the ...

The foundations of Iran tie into its long and rich religious history and development, starting from ancient times and the ...

The destruction of the nearly 2,000-year-old temple of Baalshamin by Islamic State militants erased a symbol of the once rich religious life of Syria’s ancient caravan city of Palmyra and left ...

The human cost of the Mosul offensive – and of Islamic State’s brutal two-year occupation – is not yet known. But the Iraqi city’s cultural treasures have already suffered a grave toll. Satellite ...

A 2,300-year-old tomb in southwest Turkey—once revered as a holy Islamic site—turns out to be the tomb of ancient Greek boxer ...

Islamic State militants have destroyed the ancient tower tombs of Palmyra, continuing a campaign of destruction that threatens Syria's cultural heritage. The destruction of the tombs, which date from ...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Islamic State fighters have looted and bulldozed the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud, the Iraqi government said, in their latest assault on some of the world's greatest ...

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