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....

Lebanon's premier condemned Tuesday a "dangerous military escalation" by Israel after a security incident at the border led the Jewish state to fire artillery across the frontier. "Israel has once again violated Lebanon's sovereignty... in a dangerous military escalation," Hassan Diab said...