Sectarian tensions flare in Syria’s Homs after the killing of a Bedouin couple

The killing of a Bedouin couple in Syria’s Homs province has triggered renewed sectarian tensions. Authorities reported that ...

Zahraa Ghandour’s ‘Flana’ Marks Historic Moment for Iraqi Women

Zahraa Ghandour makes history with ‘Flana,’ the first Iraqi documentary about women directed by an Iraqi woman.

Desperate Search for Missing Syrians Leads to Mass Graves

More than 100,000 people disappeared during the civil war. To bring closure to some of their families, the new government ...

Displaced Syrians return home after war only to find others already living in it

Millions of displaced Syrians are looking to return home after a civil war ended last December. The problem in some cases?
The New Arab

'Every step is a confrontation with death': On the frontlines with Syrian women clearing landmines to reclaim their homeland

Every day, Syrian women confront landmines and unexploded ordnance, using courage and precision to save lives and restore ...
The Guardian NigeriaOpinion

Reflection on religion, power and future of Nigerian federation

MORE than a century after the 1914 Amalgamation, Nigeria remains an experiment in search of equilibrium — a federation ...

Democrats rage as funding bill heads to House

Morning Report is The Hill’s a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today’s issue: ▪ House to take up funding bill ▪ Grijalva ...

Supreme Court takes swift action on Kim Davis bid to overturn same-sex marriage

Mat Staver, chair of evangelical Christian legal group Liberty Counsel, which brought Davis’s appeal to the Supreme Court and ...
The Register Citizen

Syrian inquiry finds most allegations of kidnapped Alawite women are false

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A Syrian government-led committee has found that most allegations of kidnapping of women from the Alawite religious minority were false, the findings of the monthslong probe ...