Rival hashtags, angry videos and calls to march -- the war for Egyptian minds is raging online ahead of possible mass demonstrations against President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Encouraged by rare protests that erupted last week in Cairo and other Egyptian cities, Sisi opponents have bombarded...

(AGPS)- A Palestinian child who lived in Syria’s Yarmouk Camp before he fled to Beirut’s Burj AlBarajneh refugee camp sustained second-degree burns all over 35% of his body and called for urgent treatment at local hospitals. Activists quoted the child as appealing to the concerned...

(AGPS)- As the migrant influx from Syria and Turkey to Greece has reached a zenith, more than 250 Palestinian refugees have landed on Greek islands in August and September. Reporting from Greece, an AGPS news correspondent said the refugees disembarked on the Aegean islands of Samos,...

Syrian opposition activists say anti-government protesters have captured at least two army checkpoints in the eastern province of Deir el-Zour. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the protests occurred in government-held areas close to those controlled by U.S.-backed...