Built in the Umayyad era, Al-Daraj bathhouse is located slightly west of the town center, and has been restored several times beginning in the Ottoman era to the last restoration in 2002. The bathhouse was still functional to this day. Al-Daraj means “the steps”, derived from the long fl...

The Church of Saint Simeon was built in the year 490 AD on Mount Simeon. It served as an impregnable fortress during the days of Saladin. St. Simeon is a part of the “Dead Cities” listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. On Thursday June 16th, 2016, St. Simeon was targeted by the Russ...

St. Simeon (previously known as Tellanissos) is a monastery that lies to the north east of the city of Aleppo. It is named after Saint Simeon Stylites who was born in the year 389 AD in the town of Sisan, south of Mount Simeon (part of Jabal Al-Zawiya). He fled to Tellanissos in 412 AD and spent mor...

Follow up report on the emergency cleanup operation in the damaged fourth wing of the Ma’ara museum by the TDA-HPI Site Monitors team in cooperation with Syrian Culture Centre, May 11, 2016. Work began to clear the rubble, and the fallen stone masonry was gathered and placed to one side. The...

On Monday May 9th, 2016 at noon, the Museum of Ma’arra Al-Nu’man was struck for the second time by the Syrian regime air force with two rockets. The attack targeted the museum also know as Khan Murad Basha which was built in the 16th century during the Ottoman era (1564) and served...

On 02/25/2016 at 9.30 AM, the Russian air force carried out five air strikes targeting the eastern side of the archeological site of Ebla. Another five air strikes were carried out the next day on Friday 2/26/2016 at 3.30 pm causing serious damage to the western and southern sides of the archeologic...