On Aug. 1, when face veils are banned in Denmark, Sabina will not be leaving her niqab at home. Instead, she will be defying the law and taking to the street in protest. In May, the Danish Parliament banned the wearing of face veils in public, joining France and some other European...

 An official based in Syria and allied with government forces says Daesh (ISIS) militants have seized the body of a Syrian pilot whose fighter jet was shot down by Israel Tuesday. The official told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the fate of the second Syrian pilot remains...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Prominent Syrian actress Mai Skaf has passed away due to a heart attack in Paris, fellow artist Faris al-Hilou said on official Facebook page Monday. Skaf, 49, was known for her pro-revolution stance since the early days of peaceful protests in March 2011....

Crossing into Syria from neighboring Lebanon, visitors are greeted by giant posters of President Bashar Assad. The signs proclaim: “Welcome to victorious Syria.” In the capital of Damascus, many of the checkpoints that for years have snarled traffic are gone. The city is...