"These children could have gathered in one classroom to talk about their dreams and aspirations, but bullets, shelling, and death made this meeting possible only on the pages of this book." With these words, al-Kheder Al-Khalifa introduces his new narrative book, "If Only We Were Like Ants -...

The queue outside Istanbul’s Our Lady of Vefa church stretched more than 200 metres, made up of Christians and Muslims chatting animatedly as they waited to make a wish inside this Greek Orthodox sanctuary. It was a scene which plays out on the first day of every month at this ancient...

Lebanese group Hezbollah said early Thursday that it had attacked an Israeli military site near the Lebanese-Israeli border, injuring at least eight Israelis. In a statement, Hezbollah said its fighters had targeted a deployment of Israeli soldiers in the vicinity of the Al-Marj military site....

by Hummam Sheikh Ali BOSRA, Syria, June 24 (Xinhua) -- The ancient city of Bosra in southern Syria, a testament to civilizations spanning millennia, is locked in a new battle -- preserving the precious heritage from the ravage of yearslong war. Enlisted in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites,...