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A bloc of Syria’s secular-oriented political parties was formed during the Syrian opposition conference in the Lebanese capital Beirut, Syrian opposition figure Louay Hussein told reporters ...

including Syria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Egypt. Japan and Taiwan are two of the most secular countries in the world.

THE leader of a new Syrian secular opposition group said yesterday that peace talks were unlikely to begin tomorrow for “technical reasons.” Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) co-president Haitham Manna ...

Few know the true story behind Syria's support for Kurdish militants fighting Turkey. Turkish academic Behlul Ozkan explains how and why Turkey's pro-military rulers backed an Islamist uprising in the ...

They clarified their positions and agreed that the final goal was to make sure that there is a peaceful, sovereign, united and secular Syria, while foreign military presence in the country is ...

One example is Saleh al-Awad, a secular lawyer from Jarablous ... against al-Assad and was an advocate of democratic change in Syria. "We're tired, every day they [ISIS] cut off four or five ...