With punching bags for "beating corruption" and clowns to yellow-card the system, an independent Tunisian "anti-party" has launched an unusual campaign to win over voters fed up with political elites. Its name is Aich Tounsi, which means "Live the Tunisian Way", and this young civil society...

Among the destroyed buildings of Syria's Aleppo, a battered sign between two army checkpoints welcomes visitors to an area earmarked to become a beacon of post-war reconstruction. "The industrial city of Aleppo thanks you for your visit," it reads. Once the country's powerhouse, Aleppo...

Since ascending to power in 2014, Egypt's general turned president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has imposed himself as an uncontested leader, stamping out opposition despite criticism by human rights groups. His government has taken no chances and arrested more than 600 people after hundreds of...

There were many times throughout his life when 17-year-old Nour could have become just another grim statistic. The numbers were always against him. He was a young boy when the Syrian war began, and when his hometown of Moadamyeh was bombed and besieged by government forces. He could...