(Zaman Al Wasl)- Abdullah al-Khateeb, the Syrian Palestinian activist and one of the most prominent faces of aid in Yarmouk camp in southern Damascus was awarded the award for living history, Historia Levande for Forum, in Stockholm.  He was awarded the honor based on his role as a...

(theguardian)- Speaking at the Conservative party conference last month Boris Johnson, the foreign secretary, set out a vision of Britain as a “soft power superpower”, projecting values through influence, ideas and the power of persuasion. If ever there were a time and a place for exercising...

(middle east eye)- The United Nations hopes to carry out the first medical evacuations from Aleppo on Friday, if the "humanitarian pause" in the Syrian army's Russian-backed assault on the city holds. Russia announced the ceasefire earlier this week as a "goodwill gesture," amid growing...

There is little doubt that walking many streets in Syria is a life-threatening experience. Syrian people experience bombing raids on a regular basis as news outlets provide the rest of the world with horrific images of war and suffering. The death toll is continuously rising and...