( BBC )- Veteran dissident Riad Seif is a widely respected figure among Syria's opposition groups, known for more than a decade of his activism against President Bashar al-Assad. Mr Seif's latest initiative is a proposal to set up a new leadership body to unite the various opposition...

The Pompidou Center modern art museum – one of the biggest tourist draws in the French capital – will remain closed this weekend because of a week-long strike by security guards, its management said. Around 100 guards walked out on Monday over a new law which forces them to become civil...

Syria's opposition Friday said that the "terrorist regime" of President Bashar Assad had refused to discuss political transition during a round of U.N.-led talks, reiterating that he was a war criminal who must step down in the name of peace. "They are solely discussing their empty rhetoric...

(The Straits Times)- Atop the ruins of Syria's famed Palmyra theatre, recently recaptured from the Islamic State group (ISIS), teenage musician Angel Dayoub sings an old Arabic favourite: "We're coming back, oh love, we're coming back." The 15-year-old's voice floats over the ancient Roman...