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How the last Jews of Aleppo escaped

(The Jewish Chronicle)- They came for the last Jews of Aleppo early in the morning. The first that the 88-year-old mother knew of them were the powerful knocks on the front door, a sound that sent her and the rest of the Halabi family cowering in the darkest corners of their...

Morocco king in rare visit to disputed Western Sahara

Laayoune (AFP) - Morocco's King Mohammed VI has vowed that revenues from the mineral-rich Western Sahara will continue to be invested locally, on a rare visit to the disputed territory. He was speaking late Friday in the territory's main city Laayoune, to mark 40 years since...

For Myanmar's Muslims, little to cheer about historic election

In a refugee camp outside Myanmar's provincial capital Sittwe, Soe Hlaing was holding a pink card, the most coveted of the rainbow of documents indicating citizenship status, which gives him a vote in Sunday's historic election. But the 44-year-old Muslim said he will not be exercising...

Syrian civilians not ISIS pay price of Russian airstrikes

Although Russia claimed to be targeting terrorism when it launched airstrikes in Syria last month, moderate opposition groups and civilians in their controlled areas were the most affected, even more than Daesh. The Russian Defense Ministry claimed Tuesday that its air forces hit 2,084...