Turned away three times since fleeing the bombardment of Syria's second city Aleppo in January, mother of eight Faten Darwish has given up on getting her family into a refugee camp in southeast Turkey. Instead, the 33-year old lives with her husband and children in a dingy...

Looming fuel price rises in  Iran  will be the first major test of President Hassan Rouhani's ability to retain public support in the face of attacks from his hardline rivals. Since he was elected in August, Rouhani has pleased many Iranians by reaching an interim...

Haitham al-Maleh, the Syrian opposition figure revealed that the Syrian National Coalition has been contacted intensively by many countries and parties supporting the Syrian regime, requesting the opposition to control themselves after the remarkable achievement of rebels in the...

Within days of Crimea being swallowed up by Russia, the lights began flickering out. Officials in the peninsula accused Ukraine of halving electricity supplies in order to bully Crimea, which voted earlier this month in a referendum to secede and join Russia. "Cutting supplies...