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The United Nations says ten cases of polio have been confirmed among children in Syria and that there is a high risk of the outbreak spreading across the region. The World Health Organization said it was waiting for the results of…

Lakhdar Brahimi, the UN-Arab League envoy, has met Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus in an effort to shore up support for faltering peace talks. Wednesday's meeting is the first direct contact between the men since Brahimi angered…

As if the Iran nuclear issue was not already difficult enough, it became even more complicated when Bashar al-Assad unleashed his chemical weapons across Damascus suburbs last month. Suddenly, the Syria issue is overshadowing all other…

The Saudi rejection of the U.N. Security Council seat and its open criticism of the U.S. policy on Syria it considers inconsistent and uncaring, are surprising but necessary and urgent. A late response, weak in its timing and posturing,…

Though the Friends of Syria, a group of 11 Middle Eastern and Western countries, met in London this week to chart out a way to end the bloodshed and violence of the civil war, other significant developments occurred to highlight this…

When the Nakba occurred in Palestine in 1948, and hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled to neighboring countries, most of the host peoples and countries received them in two ways: On the one hand, pledging ad nauseam to liberate…

United Nations Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is inclined to request the postponement of Geneva 2 until the beginning of the New Year. A while ago, he wanted to abandon his mission – as done early on by his predecessor Kofi Annan – after he felt…

Wars are often accompanied by the spread of false news and claims repeated without verifying their source or authenticity. But as they are repeated again and again, they become facts that are hard to question. Several factors…

Sami Amir is used to the deep echoing rumble of the Syrian army artillery pounding rebel positions on the outskirts of Damascus. It's the thump of mortars launched from an Islamist-controlled neighbourhood that scares him to death. The…

Saudi Arabia’s grand mufti, the highest religious authority in the birthplace of Islam, has urged young Saudis to refrain from fighting in Syria. The Kingdom has backed the rebels battling President Bashar al-Assad, publicly calling on the…