Egyptian Al-Azhar Cleric Sheikh Yasser Mustafa Younes: "Allah willing, we will all merit to reclaim Jerusalem and all of ...

Throughout their history, the Alawites have been persecuted ... In March 2011, demonstrations against Assad's rule swept across Syria, demanding greater freedoms and end to corruption. After the ...

But backing Israel is expensive and Mr Trump hates spending lavishly to defend America’s allies. On top of $18bn in military ...

Syria’s new leadership faces allegations of mass killings, as Alawite communities endure field executions and mass ...

“Turkey is now ruled by a strongman under a hyper-presidential system, backed by an oligarchic party with a vast clientelist network. If you dare speak your mind, you may face a knock at the door at ...

Massacres, often ignored or forgotten by the outside world but not by their victims, are one of the great driving forces of ...

As Syria plunged into chaos after Assad’s fall ... and religious minorities wary of the new leadership’s jihadist history – Netanyahu’s government saw an opportunity to advance his ...

A new chapter in Syria’s long and bloody history is unfolding ... governance along geographic and ethnic lines to ensure greater autonomy for minority groups. But Al-Sharaa’s government ...

In Greater Syria, ancient Aramean kingdoms once dominated ... Researcher at Tel Aviv University at the Cohen Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas. He holds two doctorates ...