The   Syrian tragedy   grows more ferocious by the week. I was shocked to learn this weekend that at least 2,000 Afghans, the poorest of the poor from the harshest country on earth – who fled the Soviet invasion of their land and then the post-Russian...

Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah was the subject of mocking at a Lebanese television program this week, raising anger among his supporters who protested against the show. His supporters took to the streets on Friday, burning tires and blocking roads in several parts of Lebanon. It...

A Christian writer vows to convert to Islam if al-Qaeda main branch in Syria will release the Rev. Paolo Dall'Oglio, Jesuit Priest who was kidnapped in Raqqa, North east Syria last June. Mikhael Saad, a veteran Syrian dissident, who lives in Montreal, Canada, has...

Doha Centre for Media Freedom (DCMF) is organizing six training workshops for Syrian journalists, which will be held in Turkey and Jordan over the coming two months. From November 17-23, the centre is hosting two workshops in Istanbul; the first on international standards...