Arab countries face major challenges, including foreign occupations, deficient liberties, poor governance, squandering of resources, economic regression, inequities, and illiteracy. Arab reformists have advocated political, economic, and social change since the late 19th century. However, despite decades of local pressure for change, reforms remain elusive. We consider how action on health can ...

Kaur N, Street K , Mackay M , Yahiaoui N, Keller B 1 Institute of Plant Biology, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, 8008 Zürich, Switzerland, ICARDA, PO Box: 5466, Aleppo, Syria, 3 Australian Winter Cereals Collection, 4 Marsden Park Road, CALALA NSW 2340, Australia, UMR Biologie et Génétique des Interactions Plante-Parasite CIRAD TA A-54/K Campus International de Baillarguet 34398, Mon...

This study examines selected design characteristics of government Web interfaces from ten Arab countries using Hofstede’s cultural dimensions. Organizational and graphical elements from 100 ministry Web interfaces from Jordan, Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Bahrain, Qatar, and Oman were examined using content analysis method. The results suggest that Hofstede’s model of culture...

Five new ostracod species belonging to the subfamily Trachyleberidinae have been described. They are Paragrenocythere monilis and Peloriops levisulcata from the Maastrichtian of Iraq; Oertliella petraensis from the early Palaeocene (middle – late Danian) of Jordan; Reticulina syriaensis from the Palaeocene of Syria and Reticulina ninurta from the middle – late Eocene of Iraq.

A 12 years old boy, diagnosed with psoriasis since childhoodwas referred to the dermatology clinic of Aleppo UniversityHospital,Syria with the chief complaint of erythematoushyperkeratotic lesions on the palms and soles.

The Justice and Development Party's Syria policy has followed a volatile pragmatic line. Prior to 2011, when the Arab Spring began in Syria, strategic cooperation was established within framework of liberal zero-problem policies with neighbors. When Turkey's democratic reform proposals against opposition movements that emerged 2011 did not realize, Turkey changed its position Assad regime start...

OBJECTIVES To estimate the prevalence of and associations between anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), low subjective well-being (SWB), potential traumas and postmigration stress among refugees from Syria resettled in Sweden. DESIGN A cross-sectional and population-based questionnaire study based on a known and complete sample frame. The survey included multiple measure...

The foundations of the ISIS were formed following the US-led invasion of Iraq (2003). The ISIS or the ISIL was formed by the insurgents of the Tanzim Qaidat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn, also known as the al-Qaeda in Iraq (aQI). This group has been given the title of “terrorist organization” by the United Nations, European Union, the United States, Saudi Arabia, and many others. ISIS now contr...

Conflict and Health began in 2007 with an aim to provide a forum to document public health responses during and after conflict across the world. The journal has published over 120 articles that span the range of public health domains including, but not limited to, infectious disease control, reproductive health and sexual and gender-based violence, mental health, health system reconstruction, a...

BACKGROUND Thoracic trauma is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in developing countries. In this study, we present our 11-year experience in the management and clinical outcome of 888 chest trauma cases as a result of blunt and penetrating injuries in our university hospital in Damascus, Syria. METHODS We reviewed files of 888 consequent cases of chest trauma between Januar...