Iraq’s top Shiite cleric is warning of civil war after a deadly day of violence in which security forces shot dead 40 people in the capital and the southern provinces, calling on lawmakers to “reconsider” their support for the current government. Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani...

Ornina Syrian Orchestra, conducted by composer Shafi Badreddine, will be hosting its second concert at the Berlin Philharmonie Theater, presenting Syrian and Arab musical heritage with a special musical blend. Shafi Badreddine, a Syrian artist from the countryside of Sweida, graduated...

Iraqi protesters regrouped Friday in protest-hit cities in the country's south after a deadly crackdown by authorities killed dozens in one of the bloodiest days in two months of anti-government demonstrations. Nearly 45 people were killed and hundreds wounded across the south on Thursday,...

 A plastic helmet with a gaping bullet hole. A bloodsoaked T-shirt suspended next to a row of bloodsoaked flags. Tear gas grenades lined up in columns. Photo after photo of young men, on posters that bear the dates their government killed them. What started as an ad hoc shrine to...