‘International Women’s Day has no meaning in Syria’
International Women’s Day is celebrated on March 8 around the world, but it means nothing to Muna Abban, a resident…
Activists in race to save digital trace of Syria war
From videos of deadly air strikes to jihadist takeovers, Al-Mutez Billah’s YouTube page served as a digital archive of the…
British-Iranian woman ends 5-year sentence, but not free yet
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A British-Iranian woman held in an Iranian prison for five years on widely refuted spying charges…
Biden marks ‘Bloody Sunday’ by signing voting rights order
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new executive order from President Joe Biden directs federal agencies to take a series of steps…
Satellite photos show aftermath of strike in northern Syria
BEIRUT (AP) — A suspected missile strike on an oil-loading facility used by Turkey-backed opposition forces in northern Syria appears…
Pope calls for peace from ruins of Iraq’s war-battered Mosul
Pope Francis made a emphatic appeal for peaceful coexistence in Iraq on Sunday as he prayed for the country’s war…
Opinion: France must repatriate ‘Islamic State’ sympathizers stranded in Syria
Paris does not want them — the wives of ‘Islamic State’ fighters and their children languishing in Syrian jails. But…
Syria Kurds hand 12 children to their Iraqi Yazidi mothers
Syria’s Kurds have handed back 12 children of alleged Islamic State members to their mothers from Iraq’s Yazidi minority, a…
Pope, top Iraq Shiite cleric hold historic, symbolic meeting
Pope Francis and Iraq’s top Shiite cleric delivered a powerful message of peaceful coexistence Saturday, urging Muslims in the war-weary…
Speedy variants power virus surge sweeping Europe
MILAN (AP) — The virus swept through a nursery school and an adjacent elementary school in the Milan suburb of…