Carmaker Volkswagen has suspended production in Algeria, where the head of its local partner has been detained since June in a corruption probe, a spokesman for the German auto giant said. "Volkswagen is aware of a corruption investigation by Algerian authorities into Mourad Oulmi", who...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- More than ten Kuwaiti Shiite investors have established construction and real-estate companies in regime-held areas since January, seeking to bolster the ailing Syrian economy, sources told Zaman al-Wasl.  The Kuwaiti investors are in direct contact with...

Expectations for a U.S.-Chinese trade truce rose Friday, though Beijing accused Washington of unfairly attacking its economy and said a settlement to their costly, 17-month-old conflict must be “mutually beneficial.” A senior Trump administration official said an announcement...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- About 50 Syrian restaurants and shops have closed their doors to customers in Sudan as the newly-appointed government wages major campaign against workers who don't have legal residence or work permits. Owners of the Syrian restaurants in Khartoum have closed their...