By Evan Dyer ( CBC )- The Syrian branch of al-Qaeda, currently calling itself Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), has succeeded in getting itself off Canada's list of designated terrorist entities following its latest identity shift. That complicates the task of prosecuting...

The bombed-out buildings of Aleppo may bear little resemblance to London’s gleaming skyscrapers but the two cities once had much in common, something German artist Hans Hack has seized on to bring home the reality of war.  Before Syria’s 6-year-old conflict, Aleppo, like London, was...

By Faris Rifai (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Al-Amal Foundation for People with Special Needs began documenting cases of disability in the western countryside of Aleppo with the aim of developing a database for all the people with special needs in the region. The documentation,...

( The New Arab )- Bana al-Abed, the 8 year-old girl, who captured the world's attention last year with her vivid portrayals of Syria's war on Twitter during the siege of east Aleppo has been granted Turkish citizenship. Al-Abed along with the other four members of her family were presented...