(Middle East Eye)- Sasha Naffaa knows how lonely it can be to leave your friends behind when you move to a new country. That’s why the fourth grader hopes a stuffed animal, designed specifically to welcome Syrian refugee children to Canada, can help ease their difficult transition....

Egyptian police Thursday arrested the son of former Islamist president Mohamed Morsi on charges linked to a protest against his father's ouster that resulted in hundreds of deaths, officials said. Osama Morsi's lawyer Abdel Moneim Abdel Maksoud said police arrested him at his home in the...

 Italy's president began talks with political leaders on Thursday to seek a way out of the political crisis caused by the resignation of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. Sergio Mattarella, a 75-year-old former politician and constitutional court judge, must decide if someone can lead Italy...

(Al Jazeera)- When the Russian intervention into the Syrian conflict accelerated in mid-2016, many analysts and partisans declared the "Battle of Aleppo" to hold the key to the future of the Syrian conflict. Decisive victory one way or another, or the re-establishment of a military...