Two Palestinian civilians were killed and eight others injured in an explosion at an eastern neighbourhood of the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Health Ministry said on Saturday. The incident took place in Shejaiya neighbourhood after fireworks exploded, said Ashraf al-Qidra, the ministry...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime forces stepped up its major offensive on southern Daraa province, pounding opposition areas by 60 missiles, local activists said Monday. The regime offensive aims to control the so-called "Triangle of Death" region, which connects southern Damascus...

(AFP) - After giving up on getting help from Syrian Kurdish authorities, Ahmed Saleh relied on relatives abroad to repair his home in Kobane after it was heavily damaged in a battle against jihadists. Much of the border town along Syria's northern frontier with Turkey was left in ruins...

Seven years of war and massive displacement have redrawn Syria's demographic map, erecting borders between the country's ethnic, religious, and political communities that will be hard to erase. Displaced Syrians, analysts, and rights defenders have described to AFP a divided country...