By AFP/Maher AL MOUNESSyrian media outlets which trumpeted the glories of Bashar al-Assad's oppressive rule quickly adopted revolutionary fervour after his ouster, but uncertainty shadows the sector.For decades, Syria's ruling Baath party and the Ass...

By AFP/Hiba AslanTired and sad, Palestinian activist Fakhri Abu Diab stood amid the rubble of his home in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, just a narrow valley away from the famed domes of the Old City.In early November, bulldozers from the Israeli-co...

By AFP/Jay Deshmukh and Daniel CapurroIsrael on Thursday faced accusations of "acts of genocide" and exhibiting "signs of ethnic cleansing" in its military offensive in Gaza, charges Israeli authorities dismissed as "lies".They are the latest in a se...

By AFP/Layal Abou RahalIn Damascus's Ummayad Square, hundreds gathered Thursday, demanding a democratic state that includes women in public life, marking the first such demonstration since Islamist-led rebels toppled longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad.Wo...

By UN NewsThe United Nations continues to voice major concern over hostilities and Israeli settlement expansion in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), the Security Council heard on Wednesday.Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General in the UN...

By AFP/Menna FaroukSudanese doctor Mohamed Moussa has grown so accustomed to the constant sound of gunfire and shelling near his hospital that it no longer startles him. Instead, he simply continues attending to his patients."The bombing has numbed u...

By AFP/Kelly MACNAMARAOverconsumption and unsustainable farming are fuelling overlapping crises in nature and the climate, putting crucial ecosystems such as coral reefs at imminent risk of destruction, a landmark UN report said Tuesday.The assessmen...

By UN NewsThe historic shift of power in Syria and the possibility of finally accessing evidence of horrific human rights violations could bring accountability closer than ever – if only proof can be preserved - a top UN investigator said on Tuesday....

By AFP/Gregory WALTONSyria's conflict has not ended even after the departure of Bashar al-Assad, the UN's envoy to the country warned Tuesday, as the Security Council called for an "inclusive" political transition.Geir Pedersen, the UN's special envo...

By AFP/Dave ClarkOusted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad's vast network of prisons was not simply a tool of his brutal crackdown on opposition to his rule, it was a money-making machine for his supporters.Desperate Syrians, clinging to the dream of seei...

By By AFP/Anne ChaonThe Syrian military intelligence officers who detained Ghazi Mohammed al-Mohammed told him to forget his name and who he was.They took away his papers, he said, and told him: "Now you're number 3006."For five and a half months Moh...

By AFPSince the toppling of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad more than a week ago, Israel has sparked international condemnation with its moves in the Golan Heights, a strategic territory on the border with Syria.Israel has occupied most of the Golan...