Mammon Said Nofal, a Syrian activist, from Sweidah province was killed under torture in Asad’s regime’s detention centre on Friday.  After 9 months of absence, as he was arrested by pro Assad regime militias in Jaramana, where he used to livem his parents were told to...

The world's governments are demanding that Syria immediately let United Nations inspectors onto the scene of alleged chemical attacks that  killed as many as 1,800 . But even if Bashar al-Assad's regime gave the inspectors permission to visit the disputed battlefields right now, they still...

A Cairo criminal court ordered Egypt’s long-time dictator Hosni Mubarak freed from prison on bail yesterday, starkly illustrating the Egyptian military junta’s counterrevolutionary agenda. While the court said it would hold Mubarak for 48 hours to let the prosecution appeal the verdict,...

This is turning into a dark and nervous summer in Lebanon. Peace depends on maintaining a delicate balance of power between different religious groups, Jeremy Bowen, the Veteran BBC Correspondent said. This summer, the formula isn't working. The reason is the war in Syria. From the...