The United Nations, short of funds to support millions of displaced people in the Middle East, has begun a scheme that would let Muslims make donations from the alms they typically pay state bodies for the benefit of the poor. Muslims around the world are expected to pay “zakat,”...

Barshank Haj Younes may not have much to celebrate, but the young Syrian is cooking up a feast. His menu features hummus and moutabal - a smoky eggplant salad - and lamb and chicken dishes typically offered to guests at home, about 2,000 km away in war-torn Syria. For one night this...

Reporting by Faris Rifai (Zaman Al Wasl) Ahmad al-Jassem, a young Syrian athlete, won first place in his group at the 10 Kilometer marathon in the Stockholm Athletics Championships after a tough and difficult race with more than 3,000 contestants from different Swedish cities. Al-Jassem won...

( The Wall Street Journal )- Israel has been regularly supplying Syrian rebels near its border with cash as well as food, fuel and medical supplies for years, a secret engagement in the enemy country’s civil war aimed at carving out a buffer zone populated by friendly forces. The Israeli...