In a challenge to Syria's new government, an influential religious minority rejects calls to integrate its militias.

In the heart of a healing Damascus, creativity has carved out an unlikely refuge. A once-abandoned building – left skeletal ...

Kurt Russell delights fans as he reunites with co-star after more than 40 years Map Shows Millions in Florida Warned of ...

The new leadership vowed to disband all militias. But the fiercely independent Druze have made no agreement, and say they're ...

Yakushi Knives are the inheritors of an ancient tradition and a renaissance that employ old-time forging techniques. Among ...

A ninja sword ban is set to come into place this summer after the mother of a 16-year-old stab victim campaigned for a change in law. From August 1 it will be illegal to possess, sell, make or ...

A law banning ninja swords is set to come into force by summer after a "relentless" campaign by the family of a murdered teenager. Ronan Kanda, 16, was stabbed to death with a ninja sword yards ...

Raids targeting Alawite community took place in early March in Damascus, witnesses say Witnesses report masked men detaining more than 2 dozen Alawites in al-Qadam neighbourhood Human Rights Watch ...

In it, a nameless hero swings a sword with an Eagle, Globe, and Anchor on its hilt to slay a lava monster and then morphs into his Dress Blues. Although younger Americans may not fully appreciate ...

JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) – Police arrested a man after they said he swung a sword at passing cars. Sally Smith, public information specialist for the Jonesboro Police Department, said they ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP ... is not a sectarian revolution even though we’d been slaughtered by the sword of sectarianism,” he said. This Ramadan, Syrians marked the 14th anniversary of ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Sahar Diab had visited Damascus ... “Our revolution is not a sectarian revolution even though we’d been slaughtered by the sword of sectarianism,” he said. This Ramadan, Syrians ...