The interior ministry in war-torn Syria is advertising for musicians to join the police band, state news agency SANA said Tuesday. "Citizens who know how to play an instrument and have completed their education to age 16 can audition to join the police band," said a statement. The...

    Egypt’s ousted President Mohammad Mursi spent his first night in a civilian penitentiary in a hospital room after he complained he wasn’t feeling well, senior security officials said Tuesday.   The Interior Ministry denied that the 62-year-old...

Paying for medicines and medical treatment has become one of the most difficult issues that Syrians face since the crisis began. The local market has been severely affected and many medicines have become prohibitively expensive as most of the pharmaceutical factories have been either...

Warring factions hold truce to allow giant bronze creation to be set up overlooking ancient pilgrimage route A London-based charity has erected a giant bronze statue of Jesus on a Syrian hilltop after organising a truce between warrring factions to safeguard its passage...