Algeria, Africa’s largest country, is throwing its doors open to record numbers of visitors. Roman ruins and trekking through the Sahara desert to a gigantic “open-air museum” filled with prehistoric ...

Syrian rebel factions took over the key southern city of Daraa — which became “the cradle of the revolution” in 2011 — after they reached a deal with the army to secure its orderly ...

The Algerian Sahara is also home to several animals like ... The various shades of chèches in the group and Baika’s bright blue daraa contrast against the beige rocks and sand.