The awful conflict in  Syria  grinds on, with more than 100,000 dead and no end in sight. The calls to "do something" - anything - become louder: arm the rebels, enforce a no-fly zone, send in the Marines. Before the  United States  acts, Americans should reflect on the...

    Egyptian authorities should stop arbitrarily detaining Syrians and threatening to summarily deport them. The authorities should release the Syrian detainees unless they are promptly charged with a valid offense, and not deport Syrians with visas or asylum seekers without...

Rachid Wahbi came to Syria from a Spanish slum, rushing toward death. And he didn’t plan to die alone. Facing a camera hours before the end, the bearded, 33-year-old cabdriver wore a black headdress and a black flak vest and held an AK-47 rifle. He spoke in hesitant classical...

Syrian regime forces killed 1,242 people including 107 children and 100 women across Syria since the beginning of Ramadan, activists said, according to  Anadolu, the Turkish News Agency. A total of 1,242 people were killed across Syria since the beginning of ...