On Tuesday, the government of the Syrian regime raised the price of a liter of gasoline, which is the second increase in three weeks, which comes amid a great shortage of oil derivatives. The Ministry of Internal Trade announced, on its Facebook page, that the selling price of a liter of...

Japan's permanent representative to the UN, Ishikane Kimihiro, said Tuesday the renewal of a resolution allowing cross-border aid in north-west Syria "is a matter of life or death for so many people." Kimihiro said there are "intense" discussions underway and that he is "hoping" and...

This year will, God permitting, be the year the Syrian civil war comes to an end. It has been 4,311 days, or 11 years, nine months and 18 days, since March 15, 2011, when the unrest in Syria and several other countries began as part of the Arab Spring protests. Governments had been toppled,...

Syria weakened its official exchange rate to 4,522 Syrian pounds to the dollar, a central bank statement said on Monday, while black market rates used for most economic activity sat around 6,500.  The official rate was previously set at 3,015.  An economic crisis in the...