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...

Iraqi security forces shot dead at least 35 protesters on Thursday after demonstrators stormed and torched an Iranian consulate overnight, in what could mark a turning point in the uprising against the Tehran-backed authorities. At least 29 people died in the southern city of Nassiriya when...