It’s an intriguing title. The Book of Before & After sounds like a novel by Philip Pullman. In fact it is a translation of ...

MAALOULA, Syria (AP) — Church bells echoed across the rocky slopes of this ancient Syrian town on a ... world's few places where residents still speak Aramaic, the language that Jesus is ...

Maaloula is one of the world's few places where residents still speak Aramaic, the language that Jesus is believed to have used. The town is also home to Syria's two oldest active monasteries. But ...

Church bells echoed across the rocky slopes of this ancient Syrian town on a cold Sunday ... world's few places where residents still speak Aramaic, the language that Jesus is believed to have ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Maaloula is one of the world’s few places where residents still speak Aramaic, the language that Jesus is ...

MAALOULA, Syria (AP) — Church bells echoed across the rocky slopes of this ancient Syrian town on a ... where residents still use a dialect of Aramaic — the language Jesus is believed to ...

(AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki) MAALOULA, Syria (AP) — Church bells echoed across the rocky slopes of this ancient Syrian town ... where residents still speak Aramaic, the language that Jesus is ...

(AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki) MAALOULA, Syria (AP) — Church bells echoed across the rocky slopes of this ancient Syrian town on a cold Sunday morning. But few families remained. Maaloula is one of the ...