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“Buildings were being shelled all around us,” said Amal, who lived in a ground- floor classroom with her husband Yousef, 36, ...

When Osama Al-Masri Njeem was arrested in January, he looked like just one more tourist on a European city break. The 45-year-old had just returned from a Juventus football game in Turin when Italian ...

REUTERS/Karam al-Masri TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY The fighting -- the worst violence since Assad was toppled three months ago-- has gripped areas on Syria’s western coast, in the former Assad ...

Mushir al-Masri was speaking to CNN from Gaza after the White House confirmed it had negotiated directly with Hamas with the aim of securing the release of hostages in Gaza, breaking a long ...

Syria’s interim leader has called days of violent clashes between pro-government forces and supporters of ousted former President Bashar al-Assad “expected challenges” as a monitor said the ...

March 10 (Reuters) - Syria has suffered its worst bloodshed since Bashar al-Assad was toppled from power, with more than 1,000 people reported killed in violence that has swept the coastal region ...

Bashar Masri, a Palestinian-American billionaire, has quietly positioned himself as a key player in the Trump administration’s post-war plans for Gaza. According to diplomatic sources, Masri ...