A top United Nations official urged Greece on Monday to stop detaining refugee and migrant children, some of whom are locked up in police cells for weeks, and to develop child protection services instead. The U.N. Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Francois Crepeau, said he...

 A century after Britain and France secretly mapped out a Middle East they would control upon defeating the Ottomans in World War One, its borders have been blurred by sectarian bloodshed - and some in the region see opportunity in the chaos. These include Israelis or Kurds who seek to...

Reporting by Mohamed al-Hussein; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Eqtsad)- Prices are soaring in Hasaka province as a result of the raise in the exchange price of US Dollar, closing crossing points to the province which led to limiting the amount of essential goods like vegetable, sugar and tea. A...

 Reporting by Mohamed Kassah; Translation by Rana Abdul (Eqtsad)- A new reconciliation deal between rebels and regime is undergoing in besieged town of Moadamiyet al-Sham near Damascus, well-informed sources said. According to the sources, the deal is being facilitated by prominent...