It is the only one in the geographic space in which it is located that has kept religion out of governance. That was not supposed to happen since it was religion that led to the founding of the state ...

During a typical week, readers (or podcast listeners) send me emails or messages through various social-media platforms. Often, these people are frustrated or even angry. Most folks are not upset with ...

Following the collapse of the Assad regime, I ended my article last December with the following paragraph: “The new government must represent all Syrians, ...

Peta Credlin has called out media and human rights organisations for failing to show concern for the massacre of Christians ...

Syria's interim government signed a deal Monday with the Kurdish-led authority that controls the country’s northeast, ...

Syria’s Druze minority has a long history of cutting their own path to survive among the country’s powerhouses. They are now ...

After months of legal and political wrangling, an amendment to Iraq's Personal Status Law that entered into force on February ...

There is a new Islamist terror threat in Europe that the French describe as ‘low-cost terrorism’. The expression was deployed ...

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful Verily, all praise is for Allah. We praise Him, we seek His ...

This country has a population of around 550,000, which includes thousands of foreign workers, mainly from India and Sri Lanka ...

Here’s a look at the life of former Iraqi President Jalal Talabani.Personal:Birth date: November 12, 1933Death date: ...

Islamism is shifting beyond traditional ideologies, with youth-driven religiosity and pragmatism challenging Arab regimes, but this emerging movement lacks a clear strategy ...