The government of Iraqi Kurdistan has put in place an entry quota of 3,000 refugees a day to cope with an influx of Kurds fleeing the civil war in  Syria , aid agencies said on Tuesday. About 30,000 refugees, believed to be mainly Syrian Kurds, have poured into  Iraq...

This is turning into a dark and nervous summer in Lebanon. Peace depends on maintaining a delicate balance of power between different religious groups, Jeremy Bowen, the Veteran BBC Correspondent said. This summer, the formula isn't working. The reason is the war in Syria. From the...

After a long silence, the Central Leadership for the Syrian Communist Board issued a statement regarding the detention of one of its members, the Lawyer, Amar al-Drubi. Al-drubi got detained while he was leaving to his office in courthouse by a security patrol in 23/05/2013....

Former National Coalition Candidate, and current member, Ziyad Abu Hamdan, confirmed to take a unified stand against kidnapping acts and to fight kidnapping using media and other methods on the ground. In a letter, which Zaman Alwasl obtained, he considered kidnapping, "one of the...