The organization has lobbied Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian Authority to nominate the Dead Sea as a United Nations World Heritage site—a designation that would mandate creation of an ...

The economic promise of Dead Sea potash played a key role in Britain’s insistence on governing Palestine after World War I.

A brush fire broke out Thursday morning near the David Dead Sea Resort & Spa, and quickly began to spread due to the winds in the area. Firefighting teams arriving at the scene worked to ...

Thousands of people flock to the Dead Sea, found along Israel's border with Jordan, each year because it is renowned for its health-giving properties. Containing up to eight times more minerals ...

Before us, across the flat-calm Dead Sea, the sun rises over the mountains of Jordan. The heat on this spring morning is already intense. There are no trees or grass, just a few crumbling stone walls.

A few words that ignite global tensions and countless debates sparked over one phrase, “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” For some, it stands as a powerful slogan of resistance– but ...

In addition to their unprecedented historical importance, the Dead Sea Scrolls are archaeological marvels. First discovered in 1946 by a shepherd in the Qumran Caves of the Judaean desert, this ...

Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for two drone attacks on Monday against the cities of Ashkelon and Eilat, in ...

Ramallah governor Laila Ghannam said the 14-year-old Palestinian-American boy was shot dead by Israeli troops in the village of Turmusaya. Two other Palestinian-American boys, ages 14 and 15 ...

The economic promise of Dead Sea potash played a key role in Britain’s insistence on governing Palestine after World War I. But extracting the mineral posed a challenge. Elsewhere, potash was ...

On one side was the Palestinian city of Jericho ... Down the road to the Dead Sea, we reached a point where a board indicated that this particular point was at sea level. Then at one turn ...