A Sufi Muslim shrine was blown up in eastern  Syria  on Sunday, opposition activists said, blaming al Qaeda-affiliated militants who have joined in the increasingly sectarian civil war. Militants placed explosives at the shrine of Sheikh Eissa Abdelqader al-Rifaiy in the...

A Syrian newsreader carried on broadcasting live despite two bombs exploding behind him. A startled  Syrian  television presenter kept his show going after two car bombs went off behind him before finally being told to abandon his seat. The devices exploded near...

  Syrian cartoonist Akram Raslan passed away under torture in Bashar al-Assad security chambers, the International Cartoonists Rights Network said .   Dr. Robert Russell, Executive Director of Cartoonists Rights Network International said in a statement ,...

  This year’s  hajj  is likely to be one of the safest in recent years. Saudi Arabia has secured the holy city of Makkah for the arrival of millions of hajjis. The equipment list is vast, the personnel well-trained, and with the installation of 1,166 CCTV cameras...