International diplomacy efforts to find a political solution in Syria have yet to bear fruit as the civil war in the country entered its fifth year in March 2015. In an attempt to find common ground with other countries pursuing contrary policies, and as one of the leading actors in this...

(By Soufyan Jbawi; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Abo Ahmed and his children patiently wait for the time to become 8:00pm, because it is the time for the electricity to get connected to their house in Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus. Abo Ahmed then rushes to everything needs charging and...

The first visit of a top Syrian official to a Gulf Arab state in more than four years is the strongest sign yet of a new diplomatic push to end the Syrian war, but there are still huge hurdles to face before any peace process can begin. Diplomacy has so far been a total failure...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras asked Europe to help in handling tens of thousands of refugees coming in from Syria, Afghanistan and other war zones, saying on Friday his cash-strapped country could not deal with them alone. The influx has piled pressure on Greece's services...