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Ho ho, yourself. I was talking about how people basically get along with each other here regardless of their differences. I see it in my own neighborhood.

The trouble is that strong men over in that region usually turn into dictators. I was thinking that it is a shame it couldn't be more like the U.S. where there are so many different ethnic groups and so many different religions, and yet basically people do get along regardless of these differences.

You look at all the destruction shown in the video, and you think "What a way to have to live." Boy dangles from roof in 'Don't Shoot' shirt following Aleppo airstrike JERICO MANDYBUR Oct 17th 2016 4:00AM X A disturbing video uploaded to YouTube on Sunday shows a young boy hanging by his...

The Free Syria Army with help from Turkey was able to overcome members of ISIS in this important city. "Doomsday" Village Where Islamic State Promised Final Battle Reuters First published: October 17, 2016, 8:27 AM IST | Updated: 17 hours ago Syrian rebels seize "doomsday" village...

Syrian refugee children will enjoy reading something like this and perhaps look upon their own mothers as super heroes.. A Syrian mother of 5 is Marvel's latest superhero IMAGES STAFF DESK REPORT Named Madaya Mom, her character is endowed with superhuman patience and motherly...

Looks like times are a changing in Saudi Arabia. Hopefully he can modernize the kingdom to fit into what the young people are hoping for. Rise of Saudi Prince Shatters Decades of Royal Tradition By MARK MAZZETTI and BEN HUBBARDOCT. 15, 2016 Photo Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s...

Interesting bit of Syrian history. 5 Bloody Battles That Defined Syria's History Akhilesh Pillalamarri October 15, 2016 TweetShareShare As the battle for Aleppo, in Syria, rages on, it is striking to note that Syria has a particularly long and bloody history, even by the standards of the...

What a mess -- different ethnicities, different religions all wanting a piece of the pie Iraqi Shiite Turkmen families, fleeing the violence in the Iraqi city of Tal Afar, west of Mosul, arrive at Kanaan, Diyala province, Iraq, July 24, 2014. (photo by REUTERS/Stringer) Iraq’s Turkmens call...

What a horror. It is bad enough for one family member to be killed, but 14 from the same family!!! Aleppo air strike kills 14 members of one family — rescue team REUTERS | Published — Monday 17 October 2016 Members of the Syrian Civil Defense, known as the White Helmets, search for...

True, but sojmetimes things change. Didn't the head of Tunisia step down after a couple of decades on the job?

Perhaps there are people in Syria who would like to see others involved in their government along with Assad.

Does anyone believe that this nut is sane? He really should b e locked up in a zoo with the chimps and he can have all the bananas he wants.

Would it be possible for Assad to sit down and negotiate with this man? Jawad Abu Hatab pictured at the meeting of the Syrian Coalition’s General Assembly at which he was elected head of the Syrian interim government, May 17, 2016. (photo by National Syrian Coalition/Hand Out) 'Syrian...

No doubt many of these people fleeing are innocent, as those jailing them will eventually find out. People are fleeing ISIS rule. Syrian rebels appear to be jailing some of them. By Hugh Naylor October 12 at 1:16 PM BEIRUT — As if Syria’s civil war wasn’t already complicated enough. Now a...

How difficult it has to be for these doctors. Diary of an Aleppo Doctor: 'The Child in Front of Me Could Be My Daughter' Comments Off Share Article iStock/Thinkstock(LONDON) -- Hamza Khatib is one of about 29 doctors left in the besieged part of east Aleppo, Syria. He works at one of only five...