CAIRO -- Invoking the determination of his father, President Bashar Assad blamed foreign conspiracies for Syria's in highly awaited Wednesday that sought to brace his 40-year dynasty against similar to those that have left governments reeling across Middle East and Northern Africa.. ..…

The International Commission on Missing Persons, estimates that the number of missing people Iraq could range from 250,000 to one million people, with International Committee of Red Cross stating that Iraq has the number of missing people in the world.. ..…

Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office on Monday issued detention warrants for 18 duty and 43 purged military members from the land forces and Cumhuriyet daily reported.. ..…

The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office on Wednesday issued detention warrants for 36 duty and 25 former military members Anadolu news agency reported.. ..…

NEW YORK - The United States will pursue strategy of isolation, including sanctions, with its allies U.S for Syria told Reuters on Friday.. ..…

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif speaks with his Russian counterpart during their meeting Moscow on April 14, 2017 Iran has accused the US of ratcheting up tensions in Middle East after Washington claims Syrian government may be preparing for chemical attack.. ..…

organizations or social groups the new study finds that 40% of countries had high or very high levels of restrictions, up from 34% in 2014.. ..…

Government harassment and use of force against members of religious groups surged around the in 2015, according to Pew Research Center study on global religious restrictions. ..…

handout picture provided by the office of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Jaunary 17, 2017 shows Iran's first president, Es'haq Jahangiri and Syrian Prime Minister Imad Khamis listening to their national anthems during Tehran Embed.. ..…

Also, the number of unauthorized Mexican immigrants in U.S has declined by million between 2007 and 2014, even as the number of unauthorized immigrants has stabilized at about 11.1 million.. ..…

The attack comes days after New York-based Human Rights Watch warned against the use of toxic chemicals by Daesh militants in areas near Mosul as the terror outfit is making desperate attempts to keep its last Iraq in the face of operation there... ..…

Israel's largest wave of Jewish immigrants arrived from Russia and other former Soviet republics. ..…

Saudi Arabia's male guardianship system remains the impediment to women's rights in the country despite limited reforms over the last decade, released today. ..…

In op-ed published The New York Times on Monday, Gülen emphasized United States must not accommodate Erdoğan, autocrat. ..…

And just millions of people saw powerful display showing that U.S society is not so united Amid the jingoistic unveiling of ludicrously American flags, handful of Black players quietly knelt or raised fist during the anthem to register protest against racist police violence... ..…

Keith Ellison, Muslim- American of Congress only one of two Muslim lawmakers on Capitol Hill, is vying for the position of chair of Democratic National Committee. ..…

Circuit Court of Appeals Richmond, Va., boosts Bush administration's program of jailing key al-Qaida and Taliban suspects around the world without filing criminal charges or holding trials, whether the detainees are Americans arrested in United States or foreigners seized abroad, militant operatives.. ..…

WASHINGTON - Despite deep misgivings among administration hard-liners, President Bush decided yesterday to seek multinational force for Iraq under United Nations mandate and to call on the body to play in forming Iraqi government, .. ..…

It's positive step, if overdue, that Qatar enacted labor rights law to protect its almost 200,000 domestic workers, said Rothna Begum, Middle East rights researcher at Human Rights Watch.. ..…

The in this new war is Islamic State Iraq and Syria, reactionary military force and would-be state that grew powerful as direct consequence of U.S and occupation of Iraq. ..…

Appearing somber, President Barack Obama today denounced ISIL's of American James Foley, calling the militant group occupying Iraq that killed him a cancer that needs to be extracted so that it does not spread... ..…

Members of Council on Foreign Relations, like the general public, believe that U.S power has declined 62% say United States plays less and role than it did ago. ..…

These are the principal findings of the political typology study by Pew Research Center for the People & Press, political beliefs, and party affiliation. ..…

Grim, researcher at Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life, was presented to Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight on Pew Forum's findings on restrictions on religion around the world.. ..…

For more than half century, United Nations and numerous international organizations have affirmed the principle of religious freedom.1 For just as many decades, on persecution of minority faiths, outbreaks of violence and other pressures on religious individuals and communities in many countries. ..…

Dick Cheney, then Secretary of Defense, set up a shop, as they say, to think about American after Cold War, at the grand strategic level. ..…

WASHINGTON The US has once again named Iran accusing it of intensifying numerous conflicts and trying to undermine governments throughout Middle East.. ..…

The United Arab Emirates, in the war against Yemen, will also be able to German weapons future. ..…

President Donald Trump failed to achieve the isolation of Iran that he sought at United Nations, with the community mostly ignoring his demands... ..…