Hundreds of prominent world figures, including Noam Chomsky and Norman Finkelstein, have called for the isolation of the Egyptian coup regime of Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
Muslim Brotherhood leaders urges peaceful protest after the execution of six men for terrorism in Arab Sharkas case leads to outpouring of anger from youth activists,
A small team of Syrians have been collecting and archiving a vast hoard of seized official documents to lay the groundwork for potential war crimes trials.
Analysis: Afghans, Iraqis and Pakistanis among those who have joined Bashar al-Assad's army as it runs low on Syrian nationals after four years of war.
The Syrian pound has plummeted against the dollar in recent months as the Syrian regime struggles to finance a costly war and save a state-controlled economy.
