Syria

Syria's ongoing civil war has already resulted in more than conservative estimates of 120,000 mortalities, including nearly 15,000 children.

Yara Faris was arrested on December 8, 2013 because she had provided food and assistance to Syrians displaced within their own country as a result of the three-year civil …

“Labeiki ya Zaynab,” chanted Iraqi Shia fighters as they swayed, dancing with their rifles before TV news cameras in Baghdad on June 13. They were apparently getting ready for …

At this writing, President Obama has neither the legal nor the political mandate to conduct airstrikes in Iraq or Syria.

As Iraq was unraveling last week, the possible outlines of the first jihadist state in modern history came into view.

Vijay Prashad: Although it's not clear where the Saudis stand in relation to ISIS, the group itself is a product of the Iraq War, and Western diplomats were in …

If US weapons were used by Syrian insurgents to shoot down Iranian aircraft, under US supervision, then there would be no question who was behind the action: the US …

Why would the Obama administration want to get the United States more deeply involved militarily in Syria? Didn't US public opinion decisively reject this last fall?

Since November last year, Bulgaria has virtually closed its borders to an inflow of Syrian asylum seekers and other migrants trying to enter the country from Turkey, while EU …

Using social media to spread information and give up to the minute news has become a popular method for activists to get their stories out.