When the United States, the European Union and the United Nations imposed sanctions on Syria in the first year of its civil war in 2011, they were intended to financially squeeze the government of Bashar al-Assad. But Lebanon was also caught in the crosshairs, pressured to curb Syria's...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Pro- Syrian regime militants have taken dozens of houses in the city of Douma northeast of the capital, claiming the owners do not have title deeds or legal documents constituting evidence of ownership, local news site said Sunday. The move comes as the Syrian regime...

The leaders of Britain, France and Germany called Sunday in a joint statement on Iran to return to full compliance with a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers and refrain from further violence. "We urge Iran to reverse all measures inconsistent with the agreement and return to full...

Israeli lawmakers got the backing Sunday of parliament's legal adviser to debate Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's immunity request, but the speaker may yet stand in the way. Netanyahu has been charged in three separate corruption cases and his immunity request had been expected to delay...