An 18-year-old Saudi woman’s flight from what she said was an abusive family has rallied opposition to the kingdom’s male guardianship system, still a major constraint on women despite the conservative Muslim country’s efforts to open up. Some freedoms have been granted under Crown Prince...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne said on Thursday there was no timeframe for the assessment of the case of Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, a Saudi woman who fled to Thailand saying she feared her family would kill her.  The U.N. refugee agency has referred...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Two civilians, including a child, were killed Monday when regime forces launched missile attack on rebel-held areas in Hama province, local activists said. The shelling targeted the town of Morek in the northern countryside of Hama and the town of Hass in Idlib province...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Nora (pseudonym), who took shelter in a desert camp for displaced people along the Syria-Jordan border, was surprised by signs of labor last February, but due to the lack of any medical services, she soon died with her fetus, while waiting for any ambulance or any medical aid...