(Eqtsad)- Damascus' In areas in the besieged south of Damascus, winter has another rhythm. Bashar al-Assad forces continue their blockade on the area and continue to ban entrance of fuel in conjunction with shortage of woods in the area due to consuming it in the past years and increase...

The United Nations Security Council has reached an agreement on a compromise resolution to send independent officials to monitor the evacuation of civilians from Aleppo. After more than three hours of private discussions, the Security Council said it would vote on the plans to send...

Lebanon's President, Michel Aoun, and Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri have formed a new government of 30 ministers drawn from most sides of the country's political spectrum and from all of its religious sects, the cabinet office said on Sunday. "Today a new government was formed," said Hariri,...

Jordan said on Sunday a security operation to deal with around six "terrorists" holed up in a Crusader-era castle in the southern city of Karak in a shoot-out that has so far killed at least nine people was approaching its end. Government minister and spokesman Mohammad al-Momani told state...