The wife of a slain Syrian political analyst and ardent supporter of President Bashar al-Assad was charged in Lebanon on Wednesday with incitement to murder, a judicial source told AFP. Siham Younis’s brother was indicted on the same charge, while her nephew was charged with the murder of...

The Philippines will likely keep its peacekeeping forces in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights for six more months after securing U.N. assurances for the safety of its 342 soldiers in the ceasefire zone, Manila's foreign minister said on Wednesday. Albert del Rosario said Manila was...

Tehran agrees to supply Damascus with oil in exchange for the right to invest in country devastated by conflict. Iran has agreed to supply Damascus with $3.6bn in oil in exchange for the right to invest in the country, Syria's state news agency SANA has said. "An agreement was signed...

The 5 July attack on a munitions storage facility near Latakia in Syria was far more extensive than previously believed, suggesting it was not launched from a submarine as claimed by some sources, according to  IHS Jane's  satellite imagery analysis. The incident was first revealed...