Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Eqtsad)- The Syrian regime has tried to take advantage of the drop in the exchange rate of the U.S Dollar against the Syrian pound to appear as if the drop was due to effort and procedure taken by it. The regime’s media and TV channels have intensively...

A car bomb ripped through a police bus in central Istanbul during the morning rush hour on Tuesday, killing 11 people and wounding 36 near the main tourist district, a major university and the mayor's office. The car was detonated as police buses passed, Istanbul Governor Vasip...

A veteran American photojournalist and a translator working for NPR were killed while accompanying Afghan troops in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, NPR and military officials said. NPR's David Gilkey and Afghan translator Zabihullah Tamanna were in an Afghan army Humvee traveling between the...

More than 20 European and Asian-owned supertankers are shipping Iranian crude oil, data seen by Reuters shows, allowing Tehran to ramp up exports much faster than market analysts had expected following the lifting of Western sanctions in January. Iran had been struggling as recently as April...