By Faris Rifai (Zaman Al Wasl)- One of the Syrian revolution’s distinctive outcomes was the art of graffiti that first used by a school children in Daraa six years ago, such an inscription sparked the regime anger to start from that date a relentless war on the Syrian people. Graffiti has...

(Los Angeles Times)- As the war in Syria grinds into its seventh year this week, a vital building block of the country’s future has fallen victim to the carnage: the education of its children. About 1.75 million children and youth in Syria are out of school and most are up to six...

Reporting by Faris Rifai (Zaman Al Wasl)- Through her scientific career which has spanned half a century, Doctor Fatima al-Halmouschi managed to prove herself as an esteemed scientist in nuclear physics, a field that still has many red lines. Dr. al-Halmouschi was the first Syrian woman to...

(BBC)- The imagery is all too familiar. A family on the move, their meagre belongings carried on their heads; a cluster of frightened children gripping a mother figure; the body of a victim cradled on the ground by a woman. These are depictions of the war in Syria - but they have been...