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Mariam al-Sharif, a unique icon of women, martyred

Syrian Revolution has lost one of its greatest mothers, who was unknown as she did not care about fame and appearing before cameras . Mariam al-Sharif, or Om Ismail, from Kafr Nabodah in Hama, was a unique icon of women, who sacrificed her time, effort and life for...

Former Lebanon warlord to stand for president

  Former Lebanon warlord Samir Geagea, a staunch opponent of Syria and the Shiite movement Hezbollah, will stand for the presidency in May, his Christian Lebanese Forces party said on Friday. Geagea, 61, was the only leader from the 1975-1990 civil war ever jailed, but was...

Spike in Iran executions seen politically motivated

Within the small community of minority Arabs where he lived in southwest Iran , Hashem Shaabani was known as a teacher, an advocate for civil rights and a poet. But to the Islamic Republic he was seen as a threat. Shaabani, 32, was arrested in February 2011 and accused of...