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Brotherhood-linked bloc wins 15 seats in Jordan polls

The National Alliance for Reform, which includes candidates from Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood group, won 15 parliamentary seats in Tuesday polls, according to semi-final results announced late Thursday by Jordan’s official electoral commission. Another three seats, meanwhile, were won by...

Young migrants in Greece feel camp like 'prison'

“We have no permission for go out. Now we are prison [sic],” a 17-year-old Pakistani migrant texted, along with a sad emoji face, locked inside a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. Just under a hundred minors aged 12 to 17 find shelter in the rooms reserved for them. “We have...

US, Russia fail to revive Syrian truce

The U.S. and Russia on Thursday failed to revive a recently ended truce in Syria, according to the UN envoy to Syria. Staffan de Mistura told reporters that a meeting of the International Syria Support Group in New York on the margins of the UN General Assembly was "long, painful and...

Syrian children heavily recruited in armed factions

(Eqtsad)- Rabia, 12-year-old, carries his thin body which bends under the weight of the heavy Russian made rifle. He hangs it on his shoulder, passing over his neck and the collection of magazines and hand grenades. Rabia was a middle school student in the 7th grade, known to be serious and...