A Syrian human rights activist described the Syrian regime's decision to release detainees over the past two days in several regions as a major deception, disproving this decision with numbers and facts.  Lawyer Abdel Nasser Hoshan said in a post on his personal Facebook page that...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday said Ankara was aiming to encourage one million Syrian refugees to return to their country by building them housing and local infrastructure there. Turkey is today home to more than 3.6 million Syrian refugees, who fled after a civil war...

Damascus (AFP) – Families of prisoners held for years in Syrian jails gathered Wednesday, hoping their loved ones were among the "hundreds" the government said had been released in a mass amnesty. A crowd of hundreds waited in the centre of the capital Damascus, with dozens camping out...

CAIRO (AP) — For the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr, the smell of freshly baked orange biscuits and powdered sugar-dusted cookies typically fills the air in Mona Abubakr’s home. But due to higher prices, the Egyptian housewife this year made smaller quantities of the sweet treats, some of...