Writing by Samir Taweel (Eqtsad)- Arabic and international media have circulated a shocking report of the British newspaper “the Guardian” that revealed that the U.N. has awarded contracts worth tens of millions of dollars to people close to the Basher al-Assad as part of an aid...

Lebanon indicted two Syrian intelligence officers on Friday in connection with twin bombings at mosques in Tripoli in 2013, state media said, the deadliest attack in the city since the end of Lebanon's civil war in 1990. The two blasts, at the Sunni Muslim Taqwa and al-Salam mosques in the...

Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has described the first 100 days of Turkey’s 65th government -- which included an attempted coup and military operation in Syria -- as “eventful”. Speaking to reporters in Ankara, Yildirim outlined policy decisions made by his Justice and Development (AK)...

European Union foreign ministers toned down their sometimes harsh views on Turkey as they gathered in Slovakia on Friday, although concerns about a crackdown following a failed coup were still running high. Turkey has accused the EU of being slow and half-hearted in its condemnation of the...