In early 2012, with the beginnings of the Syrian revolution, Judge Tariq Barinjki was the head of the Ninth Civil Court of First Instance in Damascus. At that time, he issued a bold decision against a member of the Criminal Security who violated the human rights of a detainee and tortured him...

Kurdish party leader Abdullah Ocalan on Thursday urged fighters to lay down their arms and to dissolve the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group that he founded. Here are five key dates in the history of Ocalan and the PKK, which has fought an insurgency against the Turkish state...

Saudi Arabia condemned on Thursday recent Israeli strikes targeting Syria, accusing it of attempting to destabilize the situation in the country. The Kingdom’s foreign ministry issued a statement on X saying that Israel was attempting “to destabilize [Syria’s] security and stability...

Syrians ranked third in the list of foreign brides and grooms in Turkey, according to the Turkish Statistical Authority's announcement of marriage and divorce data for the year 2024. According to the data, the number of couples who got married in 2024 reached 568,395, while the number of...