Al-Haddadiya (Syria) (AFP) – At his farm in Syria's northeast, Abdullah al-Mohammed adjusts a large solar panel, one of hundreds that have cropped up over the years as farmers seek to stave off electricity shortages in the war-ravaged region. Solar energy has offered a lifeline for the...

ALEPPO, Syria, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- In the heart of the bustling city of Aleppo in northern Syria, Alaa al-Sayyed, a lawyer by profession and a historical researcher by passion, has spent more than 10 years on the rescue of the old books of Syria. Al-Sayyed began to collect books and documents...

Prisoners were routinely abused, tortured and left to die at a Syrian military hospital in Damascus, according to a damning report published on Tuesday. Sick prisoners sent from detention centers for treatment at the Tishreen Military Hospital rarely received any medical attention. Instead,...

The passing of renowned Syrian author Khaled Khalifa has shocked the community at home and abroad. Khaled died at his home in Damascus after a sudden heart attack, at the age of 59. I met Khaled Khalifa in Damascus in the early 1990s, just as his fame as a screenwriter was taking off, and we...