The following is the edited text of Jenan Moussa’s speech, with a new angle on Syria’s women, delivered at the 2013 Oslo Freedom Forum.  Moussa is a correspondent for Al Aan, a pan-Arab satellite television channel based in Dubai. She makes frequent trips into Syria. I...

The western Syrian town of Qusair has become a fiercely contested battleground between the forces of President Bashar al-Assad and rebel fighters. On 19 May, following weeks of skirmishes and bombardment by artillery and aircraft, government troops backed by Hezbollah militants launched a...

There has been a large explosion in the centre of the Afghan capital, Kabul, followed by heavy gunfire. Afghan Channel One TV quoted police as saying a group of assailants had entered the Directorate of the Afghan Public Protection Force (APPF). A guesthouse used by staff of the...

How the U.S. should respond to Iran’s election This week, in one arbitrary swoop, Iran’s Guardian Council  shrunk the list  of presidential candidates for next month's election from 686 to eight eligible individuals.  It should come as no surprise that all of the...