US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday that the deaths of "300 Russians" in Syria sent a warning to Moscow, as he defended the administration as tough on President Vladimir Putin. Pompeo came under fire at a Senate hearing over President Donald Trump's statement that he had not...

Many hospitals need urgent reconstruction, but sanctions are preventing them from importing critical equipment It has been a month since US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Caesar Act sanctions coming into play as policy on 17 June.  There has been a clear mismatch in US...

The United States on Wednesday slapped sanctions on the son of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, extending efforts to block funds for the war-torn country's regime. Hafez al-Assad, 18, named after his grandfather, will not be allowed to travel or maintain assets in the United States, the...

The exchange rate of the Syrian pound has a remarkable fall against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday, for the third day in a row. The rate of trading of the Syrian pound against dollar in the opposition-held northern Idlib province was more than the rate in regime-held areas....