Kurds, Christians split over Syria school curriculum
AFP | Kurdish authorities in Syria's diverse northeast are facing swelling anger from the area's Syriac Christians after shutting down more than a dozen schools...
The U.S-Russia blame game over chemical weapons in Syria
News Analysis | In the latest of developments in Syria, where the government forces are heading for a final nail in the coffin of rebellion...
Foreign fighters in Syria’s Idlib face last stand
AFP | Hailing from far and wide, they flocked to Syria to wage "holy war". Now foreign jihadists face a fight to the last to...
Russia strikes, rebel shelling around Syria’s Idlib as powerbrokers meet
AFP | Russian air strikes killed five people in Syria's Idlib Friday, a monitor said, even as the brutal war's top three power brokers discussed...
The battle for Idlib: A potential Catch-22 for China – James Dorsey
James M. Dorsey | An impending Russian-backed Syrian assault on Idlib, the war-wracked country’s last rebel stronghold, risks putting Uyghurs in the spotlight at a...
Fate of Syria’s Idlib in balance at Tehran summit
AFP | The presidents of Iran, Russia, and Turkey meet Friday in Tehran for a summit set to decide the future of Idlib province amid...
What does bombing on Idlib in Syria mean for the Kurds?
News Analysis | Government forces in Syria are cruising toward a victory, a remarkable foot which no other Middle Eastern country has managed to pull...
Syria assault may spark humanitarian calamity, aid groups say
AFP | Its hospitals are battered, residents heavily dependent on aid and escape routes to neighboring Turkey sealed. If attacked by government forces, Syria's rebel-held...
Eid-ul-Adha 2017: Glimpses from around the world
Eid-ul-Adha, or the Festival of Sacrifice, is the second most revered festival in the Muslim world, which is celebrated to mark the end of...
The sweet taste of success: a Syrian’s journey from Gitmo to pastries
AFP | Ahmed Ahjam spent more than 12 years in the Guantanamo Bay prison for terror suspects, but now he has seen a dream come...
Syria regime welcomes returning refugees with charm offensive
AFP | Several years after fleeing Syria, a group of wide-eyed refugees stares through the tinted windows of their bus to see the homecoming committee...
Reunited post-Aleppo battle, Syria medics mete out ‘hope’
AFP| Her scarred hands wrapped in gloves, Malakeh Harbaliyya lifted an infant out of an incubator at a hospital in Syria's rural north, holding him...