Syrian writer Khaled Khalifa's novel "In Praise of Hatred" is in the list of "Top 100 Novels of All Time" with George Orwell, Leo Tolstoy, Albert Camus, William Faulkner, Franz Kafka, James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, Virginia Woolf, John Steinbeck, Emily Bronte, E. M. Forster,...

More than 32 million U.S. television viewers watched President  Barack Obama  outline his policy toward  Syria  in a speech aired live on 13 broadcast and cable networks, according to Nielsen ratings data on Wednesday. The Tuesday night address attracted a smaller...

   A new book by the Veteran Arab thinker and Philosopher Dr. Azmi Bishara "Syria: Via Dolorosa toward freedom-an attempt at contemporary history" ( 687 pages), published by the  Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies . The book is an...

  Crimes by the Islamic militia 'State of Iraq and al-Sham' has been increasing, amid an atmosphere of bewilderment among Syrians.  Reports emerged on Thursday that a Raqa-based activist, Mohammad Nour Matar,  who has documented the uprising against Assad since...