The U.N.'s Syria envoy called on the war-torn nation's rival sides to meet their historic responsibility and seek a deal to end the six-year conflict ahead of a full day of talks set for Friday. The negotiations at the United Nations in Geneva formally opened Thursday with envoy Staffan de...

British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives secured a landmark victory in a parliamentary by-election Friday, boosting her hand ahead of upcoming Brexit negotiations as her rivals suffered damaging poll setbacks. The Conservatives captured the north western region of Copeland that...

(Middle East Eye)- Few inventors can call their brainchilds a "game changer". But that is exactly what the grand jury at the European Youth Awards called Abdul Rahman Alashraf's creation. The young Syrian inventor was presented with a European Youth Award in December 2016 for his winning...

(New York Times)- In the makeshift tent settlements that dot fields and villages in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon, Syrian refugees are digging in, pouring concrete floors, installing underground sewerage and electric wires, and starting businesses and families. What they are not doing is...