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...
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...
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...
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...