Uyghurs are a mostly Muslim ethnic minority in China, that number in the millions. Human rights groups have accused China of ...

A BBC documentary team follows a Syrian refugee's journey back to his homeland in search of his missing children and grandchildren. Some are only now coming forward with accounts of loved ones who ...

Damascus offers Baniyas port as an alternative to Hormuz oil route, as official says there's no interest in allying with either one of its 'strategic enemies,' Iran and Israel ...

Thousands of Chinese-born Uyghur fighters fled China to fight in the Syrian civil war. They say generations of political persecution in China motivated them to take up arms.

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — As Jordan hosted regional talks this spring aimed at ending Syria’s isolation after more than a decade of civil war, Syrian refugee Suzanne Dabdoob felt a deep pressure in her ...

Syria is currently holding its first elections after over four decades of dictatorship and a decade of brutal civil war. But the process of electing a new Syrian parliament is far from simple and ...

How to make sense of the 13-year conflict? This essay is adapted from Days of Love and Rage: A Story of Ordinary People Forging a Revolution (Simon & Schuster). No one knows how many people were ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Ahed Badawi lived for more than a decade in Bahrain, a small Gulf country that — unlike her native Syria — rarely made headlines. It provided a refuge for her, her sister and their ...

Thousands of Uyghurs became key fighters against Syria's Assad regime. For the first time, they agreed to be interviewed. NPR ...

Firefighter Naser Brjas and White Helmet member Kinan Ali respond to an emergency call in Damascus on March 31, 2025. Every morning for 28 years, Haitham Nasrallah has opened his locker and put on his ...

As a refugee from Syria, pianist Tambi Cimuk could hardly believe it when he stepped onto the stage to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City earlier this month, a feat even more remarkable given ...