Muslims throughout the world have been marking Eid al-Adha, but in war-torn Syria there is nothing to celebrate. Most people are struggling to meet the most basic of needs: food, water, and shelter. Their plight has been highlighted by Arabic media reports which cite a...

  At a roundtable discussion this past weekend in the Aegean town where  Herodotus  was born, history-making events, on the scale of those he recorded, provoked sharp debate. At its annual roundtable in Bodrum, the Istanbul-based  Edam Centre for Economics and Foreign...

  While the children of Ein Tarma town in Damascus suburbs were playing and celebrating the major Muslims' holiday Eid al-Adha, Bashar al-Assad warplanes hit the pubic square of the city, killing 3 children at least . Pro-Assad's social media pages said...

Syrian army troops have recaptured a strategic town in the south of Damascus from opposition forces on Wednesday, state media and a monitoring group reported.  The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the army was backed by Iraqi and Lebanese Shiite militia in the assault on the...