Rifaat al-Assad, uncle of the Syrian president, has been hospitalised in Paris while standing trial for money laundering, his son told AFP Tuesday. "He has been in intensive care since last night (Monday)" at the American Hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine west of Paris, Siwar al-Assad said....

Syria’s parliament has approved contracts for oil exploration with two Russian companies in an effort to boost production hit by more than eight years of war and Western sanctions. State news agency SANA said the deals cover exploration and production in three blocs, including an oilfield...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 14 civilians, mostly women and children, were killed in deadly air strikes on the northern province of Idlib, Civil Defence agency said Tuesday. The rescuing group said the death toll is expected to rise as regime helicopters dropped dozens of barrel bombs on...

In an open letter days ahead of a historic impeachment vote, nearly 800 historians have urged the House of Representatives to impeach U.S. President Donald Trump. Citing a "clear and present danger to the Constitution", the historians -- including Ron Chernow, John Meacham, and Douglas...