With a string of military gains across northeastern  Syria , a Kurdish militia is solidifying a geographic and political presence in the war-torn country, posing a dilemma for regional powers. Long oppressed under Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his father before him, Kurds...

  Religious extremism has noticeably increased among armed groups and fighting battalions on ground in Syria. Many activists tried to understand reasons behind this phenomenon; especially it is strange and was not known in the Syria society. Moreover, the...

The   Syrian tragedy   grows more ferocious by the week. I was shocked to learn this weekend that at least 2,000 Afghans, the poorest of the poor from the harshest country on earth – who fled the Soviet invasion of their land and then the post-Russian...

Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah was the subject of mocking at a Lebanese television program this week, raising anger among his supporters who protested against the show. His supporters took to the streets on Friday, burning tires and blocking roads in several parts of Lebanon. It...