Syria's government has announced the termination of duty free contracts with companies affiliated with President Bashar al-Assad's billionaire cousin Rami Makhlouf as part of an ongoing spat between the two men. The economy ministry, in a post Sunday on Facebook, said contracts had been...

An expiring United Nations weapons embargo on Iran must remain in place to prevent it from "becoming the arms dealer of choice for rogue regimes and terrorist organizations around the world," the U.S. special representative to Iran said Sunday. Brian Hook told The Associated Press that the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syria's Bashar al-Assad backed by Russian Intelligence reports has dismantled an espionage network, including top security and army officers, a-well-informed source told Zaman al-Wasl Saturday. Maj. General Ma'an Hussein, one of Assad's top aides and the head of the...

Mounting concerns that the implementation of the U.S. Caesar  sanctions will negatively affect civilians are somewhat justified.  Loyalists and opposition alike have attacked Caesar sanctions for contributing to the deepening impoverishment of some of the Syrian people and...