Bucking boycotts, prizewinning Israeli astrophysicist finds ‘Zen-like’ perspective in space
Astrophysicist Paz Biniamini from the Open University of Israel on Tuesday became the first scholar in the Ra’anana-based…
Flooding in north and east Syria as Euphrates level rises
A SANA picture showing water being released from the Euphrates Dam in Raqa province. Syria’s energy ministry warned…
Satellites track SO₂ emissions following March 2026 refinery fires in Tehran, Iran
A constellation of satellites, including the Chinese FengYun-3 (FY-3F and FY-3E) and the European Sentinel-5P quantified the sulfur…
Advanced construction techniques and domestic layouts discovered in Roman-Byzantine villages of Syria
The pyramid tomb. Credit: M. Abdulkarim Having weathered nearly 1,500 years of time and exposure, the remains of…
Why the Persian Gulf has more oil and gas than anywhere else on Earth
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain It has been said that Persian Gulf countries are both blessed and cursed by…