By Kareem Shaheen ( The Guardian )- In these dark days, the drive through Idlib province is a study in contrasts. Few places match its beauty in spring – green as far as the eye can see, olive and cherry trees in blossom, yellow and purple flowers alongside the verdant hues of the earth....

Ahmad Mustafa fled northern Syria to Turkey four months ago, badly injuring his hand along the way. But while the free healthcare he gets as a refugee is helping him heal, Mustafa and many of the nearly 3 million Syrian migrants who have fled to Turkey are gradually losing hope for their...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces bombed north eastern Damascus district with two toxic gas bombs last Friday, hours after U.S. cruise missile strikes on Shayrat airfield in central Syria, monitor group said Sunday. The Syrian Network for Human Rights said two rebel fighters in...

Pope Francis condemned a deadly blast at a church in Egypt and said at a Palm Sunday Mass that the world was suffering from wars, terrorism and "interests that are armed and ready to strike". Francis, who has not made any direct public comment on the current Middle East crisis, said the Mass...