(Eqtsad)- The Syrian Federation of Commerce Chambers said Thursday that a work team was formed to contact fleeing businessmen and investors during the eight-year-old war to urge them to come back and invest again in Syrian to boost the the post-war economy. Experts voiced concern over...

Sudan’s ruling Transitional Military Council (TMC) said late Thursday that it had foiled an attempted coup. In a statement broadcast live on state-run television, it said the failed coup was aimed at undermining the final agreement to be signed between the military and opposition on...

Three Iranian vessels tried to block a BP-operated tanker passing through the Strait of Hormuz but backed off when confronted by a Royal Navy warship, the UK government said on Thursday. Britain urged Iran to “de-escalate the situation in the region” after the British Heritage, a...

Thousands of mourners, including relatives of the victims, are gathering for a commemoration on the 24th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, the worst mass killing in Europe since World War II. The ceremony at a memorial site near Srebrenica Thursday will include the burial of 33...