Image of injured boy in Aleppo causes outrage on social media – Video
Syrian activists have released striking pictures of a young boy rescued from a destroyed building after an air strike in the divided second city of…
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Russian Foreign Minister to visit Turkey by end of 2016, envoy says
Russia’s foreign minister will visit Turkey by the end of 2016, a senior diplomat has told Anadolu Agency. Speaking on Wednesday, Russian ambassador Andrey Karlov…
Beatings, rape, torture: Life in Syria’s prisons
Syrian authorities are committing torture on a “massive scale” in government prisons including beatings, electric shocks, rape and psychological abuse that amount to crimes against…
Nearly half of US-accepted refugees are Muslim
The U.S. has accepted more Muslim refugees than any other religious group during the current fiscal year, according to data compiled by the Pew Research…
The West cannot merely stand back and let the ancient city of Aleppo be destroyed
Rebels in Aleppo say they have broken the siege of the city, but have yet to establish a secure route for civilians. Government forces under…
Rights group: Halt incendiary weapons in Syria
Syrian and Russian warplanes have repeatedly used incendiary weapons in “disgraceful” attacks on civilians in northern Syria, Human Rights Watch charged Tuesday. The rights group…
The fate of US Nukes in Turkey
Since the failed coup, Turkey must accomplish the reorganization of its own political-military structures. Arrests and investigations are only the tip of the iceberg. Real…
Russian bombers launched from Iran to bomb Syrian rebels
Russia has deployed long-range bombers to an air base in the Iranian city of Hamadan to carry out air strikes against militants in Syria, the…
Most Daesh recruits have poor knowledge of Islam, study reveals
The extremist employment form asked the recruits, on a scale of 1 to 3, to rate their knowledge of Islam. And the Daesh applicants, herded…
Jordan, Germany sign 20 million-euro grant agreement in support of education sector
The Jordanian Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation signed a financing agreement with the German KfW Development Bank in Amman for the amount of 20…