Syria lost on Friday the writer and theater director Farhan Bulbul after a long struggle with illness at the age of 88, and with his absence the Arab theater lost one of its pioneers who came after the founding generation. Bulbul was a milestone in the history of Syrian and Arab...

The UN human rights chief on Friday warned that the conflict in Sudan is taking "an even more dangerous turn" for civilians amid reports of dozens killed in ethnically targeted attacks in Al Jazirah and an imminent battle for control of Khartoum. The conflict between the army and the...

Hamas is expected to release the first hostages under a Gaza ceasefire deal on Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Friday. If successful, the ceasefire would halt fighting that has razed much of heavily urbanized Gaza, killed over 46,000 people, and displaced most of...

Civil society, represented by a group of volunteers, took the initiative to clean Khalid bin al-Walid Mosque, one of the most prominent historical landmarks in the central city of Homs, which was severely damaged by the bombing of the ousted regime of Bashar al-Assad. The mosque, located in...