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Damascus' rent rise hits an all time high

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (EQTSAD)- Costs of houses' leasing have madly jumped up in Syria generally and Damascus city particularly. The phenomenon has nothing to do with the principles of “offer and demand”, simply it is kind of “war trade”,...

U.S. Signals Shift on How to End Syrian Civil War

BEIRUT, Lebanon — American support for a pair of diplomatic initiatives in Syria underscores the shifting views of how to end the civil war there and the West’s quiet retreat from its demand that the country’s president, Bashar al-Assad , step down immediately. The Obama...

Thousands mourn Hezbollah fighter killed in Israeli attack

(Reuters) - Hezbollah supporters turned out in force on Monday to bury the son of the group's late commander, one of six fighters who died in an Israeli air strike in neighboring Syria that also killed an Iranian general. The killings raised the possibility of a retaliatory...