As the situation in Syria deteriorates with a threatened U.S. airstrike over President Bashar al-Assad’s chemical weapons, the Damascus regime still controls one of the largest conventional hydrocarbon resources in the eastern Mediterranean. Syria possessed 2.5 billion barrels of crude...

A U.S.-led attack on Syria without United Nations support would be a war crime regardless of congressional approval, Noam Chomsky, the antiwar activist and author, said in response to President Barack Obama's announcement that he would seek Hill approval. "As international support for...

Egyptian Education Ministry  formed a committee to facilitate admission of the Syrian students in various government Egyptian schools  Dr. Maysa Fadel, the head of the public education sector, Ministry of Education in Egypt, confirmed that the ministry has formed a committee...

The price of oil fell to near $108 a barrel Friday after British lawmakers refused to approve military action against Syria, easing concerns about international intervention in the country's civil war. By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark oil for October delivery was down 77 cents to...