‘‘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 ...

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 ...

AMMAN — During the First Crusade, four states were established: the County of Edessa (1097 – 1150), the Principality of Antioch (1098 – 1287), the County of Tripoli (1102 – 1289) and the Kingdom of ...

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 ...

Government troops in Syria have recaptured the historic Crusader castle of Krak des Chevaliers from rebels, close to the border with Lebanon. An officer said the army had killed 93 rebels in fierce ...

), 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 ...