A group in Syria sparked widespread outrage this week after painting the walls of a prison, sparking accusations of tampering with history and potential evidence of human rights violations against ...

Syria’s new government is facing backlash ... what they perceived as attempts to “erase” parts of the country’s history. “The current government is a caretaker government that does ...

which had ruled Syria since 1963. The ministry’s directive also mandates revisions in subjects such as history, religion and science. For example, any reference to women, love and pre-Islamic ...

"For Egypt, this creates of course apprehension, especially given the Brotherhood's history ... Egypt's red flags." Domestically, Cairo has moved against any possibility that events in Syria ...

The changes include scrapping poetry relating to women and love and references to "Gods" in ancient history courses ... pictures of the Syrian Revolution flag instead of the defunct regime ...

DAMASCUS – Syria’s Education Minister Nazir al-Qadri ... relating to women and love and references to gods in ancient history courses and interpreting a Quranic verse about those who had ...

By Ismaeel Naar Reporting from Manama, Bahrain, and from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates For decades, Syria was Iran’s ... Times “The U.A.E. has a long history of being particularly hostile ...

During a political transition, every step can change the course of history. Western officials, in particular, seem excited about the prospect of a new Syria, and rightly so ... al Qaeda and ISIS—could ...

With Erdogan’s anti-Israel stance and rival interests in Syria, experts warn of a potential ... Turkey from Bar-Ilan’s Department of General History and the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic ...

CAIRO – The Islamist takeover of Syria has left Egypt apprehensive and ... especially given the Brotherhood’s history in the country,” said Ms Merissa Khurma, director of the Middle East ...

“For Egypt, this creates of course apprehension, especially given the Brotherhood’s history ... s red flags.” Domestically, Cairo has moved against any possibility that events in Syria ...

What is the history behind the infamous flag? What does it symbolize? And what do the words on it say? The ISIS flag, simply put, is the national flag of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria ...