by Jordan Dakamseh and Badr al-Qahtani | Nov 5, 2016 | Middle East
London- New York- Fars News Agency, a “semi-official” news agency of the Government of Iran, reported Houthis fighters bombarding national army positions with Iran-manufactured rocket artillery, despite Iran top officials refuting accusations on directly...
by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Oct 7, 2016 | Features
Libya- As a four wheel vehicle mounted by three fighters and a 14.5 machine gun departed from Sirte’s port, a trail of nine similar automobiles followed. Soldiers riding the convoy raised ‘V’ signs and chanted quotes of victory—they had just returned from battle with...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 4, 2016 | Middle East
The Russian Defense Ministry stated officially on Tuesday it had deployed an S-300 missile system to its Tartus naval base in Syria. U.S. media reported earlier this week that Russia had sent the S-300 system to Syria at the weekend in its first foreign deployment of...
by Stephen Heyman | Sep 7, 2016 | Features
Did Syria’s urban architecture help fuel the civil war that has shattered the country and claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people? This is the provocative theory proposed by Marwa al-Sabouni, a young architect from Homs who spent two years confined to her...
by Scott Anderson | Aug 19, 2016 | Features
Washington- Majd spent three months in Damascus as street battles raged throughout his hometown, and even though the atmosphere in the capital was tranquil — disconcertingly so — he was eager to get back to his family and his studies. Finally in May 2012, the...
