Zaher Sahloul

People wearing masks behind a barricade hold their hands and fists up in the air

Keiko Fujimori leads in tight presidential runoff in Peru

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Keiko Fujimori leads in a tight presidential runoff in Peru, with Pedro Castillo trailing close behind. And, at least 160 people are dead after an attack at a local market in Burkina Faso. Also, Google agrees to change its global advertising business after France slaps it with a multi-million-dollar fine.

Aleppo residents walk past a burnt bus in the city's rebel-held Seif al-Dawla neighborhood.

Driving without headlights in besieged eastern Aleppo

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Donations mushroom in honor of slain Muslim students; will help thousands who fled Syria

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Arms Flow as Crisis in Syria Worsens

As 2011 Draws to a Close, the Arab Spring Marches On

A First Hand Account of Syrian Violence

President Bashar Assad of Syria is facing increasing pressure now that Jordan’s King Abdullah II voiced his desire to see Assad’s regime to step down for the good of the country. King Abdullah was the first Arab leader to make such a call but he did so amid increasing violence within the country between anti-government […]