Muslims with physical and financial abilities are required to  perform hajj  once in their lifetime, but those who arrive in Saudi Arabia and then fall ill are given a hand to get to the finish line. Well-equipped ambulances with highly trained paramedics on Saturday...

  Once seen as the capital of Syria's revolution, Homs is now caught in a vicious stalemate between regime and rebel forces. James Harkin, the British Guardian reporter visits a divided city, where kidnappings are rife and chemical disarmament a low priority I first met Abu Ali at...

A Sufi Muslim shrine was blown up in eastern  Syria  on Sunday, opposition activists said, blaming al Qaeda-affiliated militants who have joined in the increasingly sectarian civil war. Militants placed explosives at the shrine of Sheikh Eissa Abdelqader al-Rifaiy in the...

Some two car bombs have reportedly exploded near Syria’s state television headquarters in central Damascus, the state news agency (SANA) reported on Sunday, AP reported. SANA said the building located at the Syrian capital’s Umayyad Square was damaged in the blast. "Two terrorist car...