ANTAKYA, Turkey (Al Jazeera America)— Hala, 22, cuts a diminutive figure in her loose black abaya, a black headscarf framing her large, almond-shaped, pale blue eyes and fair skin. Eight months ago, before she married, the young Syrian woman didn’t even cover her hair. Now, she’s a...

  The roadblocks and sandbags are back, cafes and hotels are nearly empty and many of the tourists are gone. Anxiety is gripping Lebanon following a spate of suicide bombings, and an ongoing security sweep targeting militants - some of them who...

(Reporting by Ma’moon Abu Mohamed; Translation by Dani Murad) In a war that grew out of pro-democracy protests in the summer of 2011, Forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad have used sieges as a war tactic to root out rebel forces from residential areas,...

(By Ma’moon Abu Mohamed; Translation by Dani Murad) Since the infamous pictures of pro-regime women stealing blankets and furniture from old neighborhoods in Homs, and some political figures affiliated with the coalition have been trying with all...