Returning to her home in the war-ravaged Homs neighbourhood of Hamidiyeh, Huda found nothing where her house once stood but a pile of rubble and a lone cup from her coffee service. She was among hundreds who were allowed to return Friday to inspect the damage to homes they...

By George Hadad; Translation by Dani Murad   Despite international sanctions imposed on Syria's repressive regime, an official document unveiled one of the manipulative methods used by the regime to supply the requirements of its...

Homs (Syria) (AFP) - The last rebels were set to leave Syria's battleground city of Homs on Friday, handing a symbolic victory to President Bashar al-Assad in what was once dubbed the capital of the revolution. For two years the rebels fought to keep besieging government forces at...

Iraq's oil and natural gas reserves hold great importance for Turkey, a country which is highly dependent on imports for energy consumption. Iraq has been struggling to stabilize politically since the US invaded in 2003 and removed the Baathist regime of Saddam...