The brother of a British doctor who died while being held in custody in Syria  has paid a moving tribute to him at a funeral prayer service, describing him as "our star". Dr Abbas Khan was on the verge of being released when his family were told of his death. The Syrian regime...

Three years ago, Syria’s hospitals were the envy of the Middle East. The average life expectancy was 75, higher than in many parts of the UK. Nine out of every 10 medicines provided by the country’s extensive network of public and private clinics were made by the country’s own...

A report released by the Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF) and University of Toronto's Citizen Lab details malware attacks used by pro-Syrian government forces against the opposition. The paper is co-authored by Citizen Lab security researchers Morgan Marquis-Boire and John...

Five people were injured on Thursday when a bomb exploded near a bus in the Egyptian capital, two days after a blast at a police station in the Nile Delta city of  Mansoura  killed 14 people. The explosion happened in the Nasr City neighbourhood, in front of Al-Azhar...