Devastating conflicts, violence and persecution in places like Syria and South Sudan had left a record 65.6 million people uprooted from their homes by the end of 2016, the United Nations said Monday. That number marks a jump of just 300,000 from the end of 2015, but is more than six million...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- In recent years, many rappers, collectives and individuals, have appeared which speak to the language of the streets and highlight the suffering of those caught up in the Syrian war. In the recent period, the Syrian rap scene has been transformed from a marginal artistic style...

French President Emmanuel Macron's centrist party won a massive majority in parliamentary elections on Sunday, dominating the country's traditional forces in a dramatic re-drawing of the political map. Macron's year-old Republic on the Move (REM) and their allies were set to win between 355...

Germany's defense minister hopes to start transferring planes serving in the international coalition against the ISIS from Turkey to Jordan by mid-July. The German government decided to withdraw its refueling and reconnaissance aircraft from Turkey's Incirlik base after Turkish officials...