In Greece, Muslims mark end of Ramadan with promise of formal mosque
Men wailed in prayer in a drab Athens basement on Wednesday, marking the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in one of the...
Eid al-Fitr
Syrian military ‘declares 72-hour truce across Syria’
The Syrian military declared a three-day ceasefire across the whole of the country on Wednesday and although fighting and air attacks continued, US Secretary of...
Suicide bomber kills 30 at policeman’s funeral in Pakistan
By Gul Yusufzai A Taliban suicide bomber killed 30 people at the funeral of a policeman in Pakistan on Thursday, including five senior police officers,...
Egypt Islamists stage Eid protests as military holds off
By Maggie Fick and Yasmine Saleh Islamist supporters of Egypt’s deposed president held a festive rally for the Eid al-Fitr holiday on Thursday to demand...
Assad shown unharmed after Syria rebels report attack
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis Syrian rebels said on Thursday they targeted President Bashar al-Assad’s motorcade heading to a Damascus mosque to mark the Muslim holiday...