What may be the world's oldest fragments of the Koran have been found by the University of Birmingham. Radiocarbon dating found the manuscript to be at least 1,370 years old, making it among the earliest in existence. The pages of the Muslim holy text had remained unrecognised in the...

(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim holiday which marks the end of the holy Ramadan, is no longer an opportunity for Syrian children to eat sweets and play in Eid Squares on swings or going to funfairs and visiting gardens and animals’ parks.  Eid al-Fitr in central...

(Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The number of Syrian children being forced to work keeps growing as the conflict drags on, with those as young as six reportedly working in Lebanon, two aid agencies warned on Thursday. Syrian refugee children have become the joint or sole breadwinners in almost...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has cast his vote as high-profile figures join millions of Turkish citizens going to the polls in the country’s 25th general election.   Speaking to the press in Istanbul after voting, Erdogan said that the turnout of Sunday's election appeared...