Religious extremism has noticeably increased among armed groups and fighting battalions on ground in Syria. Many activists tried to understand reasons behind this phenomenon; especially it is strange and was not known in the Syria society. Moreover, the...

The   Syrian tragedy   grows more ferocious by the week. I was shocked to learn this weekend that at least 2,000 Afghans, the poorest of the poor from the harshest country on earth – who fled the Soviet invasion of their land and then the post-Russian...

Behind a veil of secrecy, at least 30 journalists have been kidnapped or have disappeared in Syria — held and threatened with death by extremists or taken captive by gangs seeking ransom. The widespread seizure of journalists is unprecedented, and has been largely unreported by news...

    FIFA has ruled out any possibility that Qatar could co-host the 2022 World Cup with neighboring countries, Sepp Blatter said on Saturday. The FIFA president added that soccer’s governing body had discarded a January-February World Cup in 2022 out of respect...