Almost two years after Iraqi forces recaptured the city of Mosul from Islamic State (IS), small shops selling alcohol are reopening their doors and new ones are appearing.  Customers purchase bottles or cans of liquor which are then placed in black plastic bags, or emptied out into...

A mantle of gold smothers Aleppo’s ruins, hiding the rubble and filling the craters with wild flowers that for a moment seem to transform a landscape scarred by war, destruction and death. After an unusually wet winter, the warm days of spring have suddenly brought an abundance of color...

As the conflict in Syria enters its ninth year, a generation born and raised in an environment of conflict continues to hold on to education despite tough conditions. While conflict, displacement and violence became part of the daily life in Syria, children hold steadfast to hope for a...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Facebook pages of Syrian refugees and residents in Sudan tried to avoid and ‘social media’ debate over the ongoing revolution in the Arab country. Few expressed their frustration over the halt air flights from Khartoum airport or the decline of the Sudanese currency against...