A Syrian team of surgeons successfully removed a toothpick from a young woman’s liver in a hospital in Damascus, local media reported. The young woman told doctors at the hospital’s emergency room that she was suffering from fever and severe stomach pain. Following medical examinations,...

At least 29,661 children have been killed in Syria since the beginning of the Syrian revolution and conflict in 2011, with 181 tortured to death and 5,036 still detained and forcibly disappeared, the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) has revealed. In its tenth annual report on...

  ​​The Syrian opposition's Islamic Council has elected Sheikh Osama Al-Rifa'i as the Grand Mufti of Syria, following the dismissal of the Grand Mufti position by Bashar al-Assad in a swoop on the Sunni majority stature and a move to enhance Shiism in the war-torn country, scholars...

The pragmatic rapprochement between Turkey and some Gulf countries symbolizes the end of the cold war between them, and the start of a new era based on de-escalation and diplomacy. On Nov. 17, Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Alzayani visited Turkey, where he held talks with...