(By Faris al-Rifai; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) A former prisoner in Sweida prison spoke about the difficult circumstances and hard conditions prisoners face in their daily life. Prisoners are blackmailed by the prison’s officers and have their money taken away or paying off some of it. Abu...

New ministers in Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' government were sworn in on Saturday after a reshuffle expelled dissidents from his cabinet and began a new phase of negotiations for a third bailout package. Tsipras sacked hardline former Energy Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel was left momentarily speechless by a young Palestinian refugee during a televised discussion on public broadcaster NDR. Reem, the young Palestinian who arrived from a refugee camp in Lebanon four years ago, addressed Merkel in perfect German saying “I...

(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) (EQTSAD)- It has become familiar to see adverts on social media offering fake and forged Syrian official documents like passports, driving licenses, university certificates, birth certificate and others, as many Syrians left the country without any document and...