Massacres, often ignored or forgotten by the outside world but not by their victims, are one of the great driving forces of ...

Sectarian-driven killings of civilians this month displayed the government’s weak control over both its own forces and ...

Since the 16th century the Muscovite state has had many names – Rossiya, the Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire, the ...

Syria’s interim president on Thursday signed a temporary constitution that leaves the country under Islamist rule for five years during a transitional phase. The ...