These three key religious texts all offer justifications for defensive wars. But they also stress the importance of peace.

However, Alawites follow Muhammad Ibn Nusayr, who was a 10th-century disciple of the 11th imam and declared himself to be the “gate” of divine inspiration. As a result, Alawites have been called ...

Locally, the person most in demand is Amos Yadlin, a former Israel Air Force major-general, a former Israel military attaché in Washington, a former head of IDF Military Intelligence, and one of eight ...

Revenge attacks against deposed president Assad’s heterodox Alawite sect led local evangelicals to model reconciliation ...

Proceedings in the Israeli parliament are continuing against Palestinian MK Ayman Odeh, who defiantly addressed the committee ...

American clergymen Edward Robinson and Eli Smith began a Bible-guided survey of the Holy Land, producing a landmark ...

The Assyrian Empire shaped the ancient world for centuries. At its height, it stretched from the Persian Gulf to Egypt, ...

After receiving his first pay cheque for a gig at the Worcester Swan Theatre – £80 per week, as part of a stint that would ...

A carved panel found at Nimrud depicts Assyrian soldiers swimming across a river and using inflatable goat skins as floaties.

Ex-Newsboys Singer Michael Tait Breaks Silence on Sexual Assault Allegations: ‘I Will Simply Call It What God Calls It — Sin’ In a social media post, Tait notes that he spent six weeks in a ...