Frontlines across three provinces in southern Syria remained mostly quiet on Monday almost 24 hours into an internationally brokered ceasefire for the region despite scattered violations, a monitor said. The United States, Russia and Jordan last week agreed on a ceasefire for Syria's Deraa,...

(Zaman Al Wasl) Some 40,000 Syrian refugees suffer from blackouts during the peak hours of heat in Sulaiman Shah camp in the town of Akçakala, Tel Abyad, south of Sanliurfa province. The power cut combined with the scorching heat forces most of them out of their tents during this time of the...

( New York Times )- When Adel Dridi poured gasoline on his head and set himself on fire in May, his first thought was of his mother, Dalila, whose name is roughly tattooed on his arm. But another person was also on his mind: Mohamed Bouazizi, the Tunisian street vendor whose self-immolation in...

 Congress is still trying to send President Donald Trump his first unqualified legislative triumph, nearly six months after Republicans grabbed full control of Washington. Now, lawmakers are returning from their July 4 recess with an added objective - averting some full-blown political...