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U.S. withholds 63 millions pledged to help Syrian opposition

  The United States is withholding $63 million that it had pledged to the main Syrian opposition organization because the Obama administration is frustrated with the group’s disarray and is searching for more credible partners to support in the rebellion against Syrian President Bashar...

Iran offers Assad's regiem $4 bn credit line

 Iran has opened two lines of credit totalling $4 billion to Damascus and expects to open up a third to counter the effects of an international embargo, Syria's central bank said on Monday according to AFP. "Iran continues to support Syria, by opening one line of credit worth a...

Syria's Crisis and the Global Response

What is the status of the situation in Syria? Syria's civil war continued unabated in early 2013 amid an international deadlock on how to mediate the conflict that has killed more than seventy thousand people and displaced millions more. Global concerns have mounted over allegations that...