Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi was released from prison on Sunday after completing a one-year sentence for speaking out against ...

Syria has been at war since Mr Assad cracked down on democracy protests in 2011. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Toomaj Salehi, an Iranian dissident rapper and activist, has been released from prison, according to a statement issued ...

The United States called for de-escalation in Syria, where an Islamist-led rebel alliance has wrested swathes of territory from the control of President Bashar al-Assad's government in a lightning ...

Toomaj Salehi was sentenced to death earlier this year after releasing a song in support of the Mahsa Amini protests, though ...

The opposition rejected the results immediately, but protests were small and evidence of gross fraud was lacking, muting the ...

The Israeli military say an Israeli American soldier who was believed to have been captured alive by Hamas in its Oct. 7, ...

Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi has avoided a death sentence and been unexpectedly set free from prison after nearly two years, ...

Syria's civil war has taken a dramatic turn, with dictator Bashar Assad once again leaning on Russian support after a shock ...

Islamist rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham launched a lightning assault against pro-Assad forces in Aleppo. Here’s who else is ...

The rebel advance in Aleppo has taken everyone by surprise, including Assad. While the future is murky at best, Syrians can ...