‘‘Your tour was canceled. I am sorry,” my hotel manager in Hama, Syria, said to me, shrugging his shoulders. All morning I had been anxiously awaiting my departure for Krak des Chevaliers, a Crusader ...

The battle lines of the Syrian civil war are edging closer to Krak des Chevaliers, the most famous Crusader castle ever built. The massive walls and towers of the great fortress on its hilltop ...

), also Crac des Chevaliers, is a Crusader castle in Syria and one of the most important preserved medieval castles in the world. The site was first inhabited in the 11th century by a settlement ...

The gray stone crusader fortress Krak des Chevaliers has dominated the principal road from the ancient Syrian capital Damascus to the sea for 900 years, changing hands multiple times over the ...

Columns are blackened with soot and vaults have crumbled in one of the courtyards of Syria's the Krak des Chevaliers, a Crusader castle that is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and victim of the country's ...

Krak des Chevaliers (“Castle of the Knights”) is a fortress built by European crusaders in Syria. It is one of the most important preserved medieval castles in the world, and one of the best examples ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- Jihadist rebels fighting the Damascus regime in Syria's 3-year-old civil war are holed up in one of the country's most iconic historic sites, the 13th century Krak ...

Homs, SANA – Krak des Chevaliers (Crac des Chevaliers) is located in the western countryside of Homs, perched on a hill 750 meters above sea level. It is considered one of the most prominent ...

Clutching a small saw, Syrian volunteer Rana Jreij cut away at bushes growing up the centuries-old walls of one of the world's most famous Crusader castles, Krak des Chevaliers. She was among dozens ...

BEIRUT — The Syrian military on Thursday captured a historic Crusader castle that had long been a highly symbolic rebel bastion, the latest victory in an ongoing offensive along the Lebanese border, ...