Sanctions in Syria have driven oil production underground, but one company has set out plans to tackle the problem. Gulfsands Petroleum owns a 50% stake in Block 26, where its interests pre-date the war. While sanctions prevent the company from operating in the area, other entities do not...

Greece has pleaded for help from EU neighbours and the UK in tackling the number the migrants trying to reach the its territory. The country is expanding a border wall that it hopes will deter some of the migrants but says it wants help from other EU nations. Greece prevented about...

American and Syrian Kurdish forces detained a militant from the Islamic State group following a helicopter raid in eastern Syria, the U.S. Central Command said in a statement Thursday. IS sleeper cells continue to carry out deadly attacks in Syria and Iraq. The militant group once ruled...

Microsoft is cutting 10,000 workers, almost 5% of its workforce, joining other tech companies that have scaled back their pandemic-era expansions. The company said in a regulatory filing Wednesday that the layoffs were a response to “macroeconomic conditions and changing customer...