The Syrian artist Mohamed al-Dani designed a mosaic model of Al-Aqsa Mosque, conveying the smallest details in the dome, and the decorations and columns contained in the historical Islamic landmark, all the way to the golden dome. The mosaics that adorn the Dome of the Rock, dating back...

Desperate Syrians in eastern Ghouta had to come up with creative ways to meet basic needs and avoid starvation when regime forces in 2013 imposed a crippling siege on them. Omar Mubarak, an English teacher in the region's Hawsh al-Dawahira village, built a biogas project that helped provide...

 The United Nations launched an emergency appeal Thursday for $95 million for Gaza for the next three months to meet immediate humanitarian needs and repairs to key facilities. That includes hospitals, schools, water and sewage facilities and other infrastructure destroyed or damaged during...

A Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen on Thursday acknowledged having equipment on an island in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait where a mysterious air base is now under construction. However, the coalition's statement on the state-run Saudi Press Agency did not name who was building the facility...