Syrian Unrest

The Syrian Network for Human Rights said on Tuesday that military forces affiliated to Bashar al-Assad had killed 46 Syrians in the country. The network based in London, was...

The combined Israeli-Egyptian siege of the Gaza Strip is affecting many professions and has resulted in thousands of workers and employees being laid off. Abu-Mohamed Al-Hatu, the owner of...

EXCLUSIVE IMAGES Palestinian kindergarten children in the Gaza Strip have taken to the streets holding empty pans, plates and spoons to voice support for their counterparts in the besieged...

EXCLUSIVE IMAGES With the siege of Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria and the UNRWA strike in Palestine both ongoing, protests against the lack of protection for refugees are continuing...

Head of the interim Lebanese government Najib Mikati called on Wednesday for the international community to setup safe havens for displaced Syrians inside their own country in order to...

The Jordanian Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Ibrahim Saif, said on Wednesday that his country needs about $3 billion to cover the costs of hosting Syrian refugees this...

The Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, announced on Wednesday that his country is pledging $500 million in aid to help fund the UN's humanitarian efforts for millions...

The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, called on Wednesday for the siege on the Yarmouk Refugee Camp in Syria to be lifted. It insisted that the militias in and...

The foreign ministers of Iran and Syria have met in Moscow for discussions about the Syrian conflict ahead of the upcoming Geneva II Conference. Iran's Mohammad Javad Zarif and...

Qatari Minister of Foreign Affairs His Excellency Khalid bin Mohamed Al-Attiyah met with Antonio Guterres, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, on the sidelines of the second international donors'...

The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) spokesperson, Chris Gunness, has said that the children in the Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria are being forced to...

The authorities in Cairo have detained 42 Syrians in Alexandria, including children and a pregnant woman, pending their deportation to Turkey. Following the military coup in Egypt, Turkey is...

Tunisian President Al-Moncef Al-Marzouki said on Monday that Iran would get respect from the Arab world if it adopted the role as an objective mediator to achieve peace in...

President Moncef Marzouki of Tunisia has called on the Egyptian authorities to release ousted President Mohammed Morsi and all political detainees. He also called for the Rafah Border Crossing...

Amnesty International has accused Egypt of detaining and deporting hundreds of refugees who fled from the conflict in Syria. The human rights organisation condemned the detention of children and...

Prominent Syrian opposition figure Burhan Ghalioun affirmed on Sunday that more than 800 Syrian refugees are currently being held in Egyptian prisons. Ghalioun wrote on his Facebook page: "According...

Tunisia's Prime Minister Ali Laarayedh said on Wednesday that the demonstrations in Tunis do not worry his government, stressing that the army is dedicated to protecting the people and...

A senior member of Syria's opposition has been "harassed" and detained at Cairo International Airport. This is the second time that the National Coalition's Haitham Al-Maleh has been treated...

About 50 Palestinian and Syrian refugees in Egyptian prisons started a hunger strike on Friday in protest against the inhuman conditions of their detention, an official for the UN...

A member of the Hamas Political Bureau, Izzat Al-Reshiq, has called for clarifications from the Egyptian government regarding the allegations of sexual harassment and rape of Palestinians refugees in...

The Egyptian authorities have launched a campaign for detaining and prosecuting Palestinian and Syrian refugees fleeing from Syria to Egypt over the past three days. The Working Group for...

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has expressed his concern that the Jordanian regime is threatened by the ongoing Syria conflict, pointing out that King Abdullah is moderate and America's ally...

The Deputy Director of the CIA has told the Wall Street Journal that the escalating civil war in Syria poses the biggest threat to the security of the United...

The Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff arrived in Israel on Monday where he will be a guest of his Israeli counterpart, Israel Defence Forces Chief of...

The American Israeli Public Affairs Committee, AIPAC, expressed its full support for U.S. President Barack Obama's decisions on Syria. The committee demanded in a statement, that members of the...

The much anticipated US military strike against Syria is overwhelming American political and media rhetoric in an unprecedented way, perhaps even surpassing the frenzied atmosphere during the lead up...

President Barack Obama's decision to delay the US offensive against Syria opened the window for negotiating a non-military solution to the issue of chemical weapons, a step that worried...

Britain's Stop the War Coalition held a demonstration in Central London on Saturday attended by thousands of people from across the country. A spokesperson said that the effectiveness of...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has hinted that Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad may be tried for crimes against humanity. "The priority at the moment, though, is to bring an end...

A senior official in the US Department of Defence has predicted that a strong response to Syria's use of chemical weapons will help to deter North Korea from using...

US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday that at least ten countries had approved their participation in the proposed American military strike on the Syrian regime. At...

The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee has agreed a draft resolution which authorises President Barack Obama to use military force in Syria. The resolution bars the involvement of ground...