Notable figures from Daraa and Sweida provinces met this week seeking to a long-term conciliation following a series of chaotic security condition, kidnapping and skirmishes in southern Syria. Local activists told Zaman al-Wasl that Monday's meeting in the village of Barad  was a...

Although the OPEC+ group's decision last week to increase crude oil production by approximately 500,000 barrels per day (bpd) every month starting from January is contrary to market expectations, it will keep oil prices in a range between $40 and $50 in the first quarter of 2021, experts said...

A senior U.S. envoy on Wednesday said the trust and alliance between Washington and Seoul will remain firm regardless of the upcoming change in administrations, South Korea’s foreign ministry said. The remarks came as the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun, who helped lead...

A report by the UN refugee agency estimated that global forced displacement surpassed 80 million at mid-year, noting that the full picture for 2020 is not yet established. “With forced displacement doubling in the last decade, the international community is failing to safeguard peace,”...