The Indian roots of Beirut’s Maghen Abraham synagogue are a reminder of the city’s cosmopolitan nature and the harmony before ...

The son of John Philby, a Saudi adviser and a British explorer who was the first European to cross the Empty Quarter from east to west, the spy briefly moved into his father's home in Ajaltoun ...

Several other people have been suggested as belonging to the ring, including John Cairncross ... In 1951, tipped off by Philby that they were under suspicion, Burgess and Maclean defected to ...