BAGHDAD (AP)- A government spokesman says security forces have ambushed a convoy of fuel tankers trying to illegally enter Iraq from Syria, killing at least eight drivers. Interior Ministry spokesman Saad Maan Ibrahim says the operation took place near the Iraqi border at dawn Sunday....

  By Eqtsad- Yusra Ahmed Even a grave could become unaffordable in Damascus as houses allowances sharply increase. “It is even impossible to find an affordable grave in Damascus”, that was Mohamed’s reply to a query about...

Jordanian authorities refused on Saturday to allow an opposition figure based in Amman to enter the kingdom after short visit to Istanbul, source told Zaman Alwasl. The national coalition member, Dr. Jawad Abu Hatab, who runs a hospital in Jordan...

Despite a war, the Syrian government appears determined to go ahead with presidential elections on June 3. It is widely believed that President Bashar al-Assad will easily be elected to a seven-year term. The vote is to be held under new rules that block major Syrian opposition figures...