A mixed state of anxiety and trauma dominates among the Syrian community in Egypt, whether from the shopkeepers or workers in these stores, after the leakage of a copy of a periodic book issued by the Minister of Local Development in Egypt, Maj. Gen Mohamed Sharawy, addressed to all governors...

Bahrainis opposed to forming diplomatic ties with Israel vented their frustration Saturday, while lonelier voices supported the accord, underlining the complexities of the Gulf's rapprochement with the Jewish state. The hashtags "Bahrainis against normalisation" and "normalisation is...

Iran’s currency Saturday dropped to its lowest value ever against the dollar, and has seen its value fall by 30% since June amid severe U.S. sanctions imposed on Tehran. Money exchange shops traded the Iranian rial 262,000 for a dollar. The rial had traded at 256,000 to $1 Thursday,...

Just before Marie Colvin died, she was looking for her shoes. Rockets had already hit the top floors of the makeshift press centre where she was holed up, in the Baba Amr neighbourhood of Homs in mid-west Syria. Another landed and she was killed before she made it out. Her death was...