The Syrian Cultural Heritage Center documented damage and violations to historical structures and monuments/buildings at the archaeological site and village of Al-Dana South. The site is located in northern Syria just north of Ma’arrat Al-Nu’man and has several historic buildings includi...

Tel Al-Hessen is located east of Deir Sharqi village, around 7 km away from the Aleppo-Damascus highway. It has an area of 66 acres, 400m by 165m, with a base that spans 50 acres (1150m by 425m), and an elevation of nearly 50m. Unlike other hills, this one remains intact and free of illicit diggin...

The Roman Water Spring is located on the west side of Ain Larose village in Jabal Al-Zawiyah on the foothill of the mountain overlooking Al-Ghab plain. The village was named after this spring.

Around 20,000 people live in the modern town of Al-Bara which is right next to the archaeological ruins. Most of them are either internally displaced (IDP’s) from Aleppo, Damascus, Al-Ghab, and Zabadani, or are out of the country in Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and UAE. The town is famous for its ol...

The growth and development of the city of Ma’arra made the castle a part of the town. Locals built their homes on its grounds and took residence in it. Though the eastern section has since been mostly evacuated, a number of families still reside in the castle. Most of the abandoned homes withi...

The Byzantine baptismal font of Jamil is found in the center of Ain Larose village in Jabal Al-Zawiyah, Idlib governorate. There used to be a church next to it, of which only a few scattered stones remain. According to Christian tradition, the font must be outside to the west of the church, so that...