Sanctions in Syria have driven oil production underground, but one company has set out plans to tackle the problem. Gulfsands Petroleum owns a 50% stake in Block 26, where its interests pre-date the war. While sanctions prevent the company from operating in the area, other entities do not...

American and Syrian Kurdish forces detained a militant from the Islamic State group following a helicopter raid in eastern Syria, the U.S. Central Command said in a statement Thursday. IS sleeper cells continue to carry out deadly attacks in Syria and Iraq. The militant group once ruled...

The Turkish-backed Syrian National Army thwarted an infiltration of the Syrian regime forces late on Sunday on the axes of the "Euphrates Shield" area, northeast of Aleppo province. A military source confirmed to Zaman al-Wasl that "the Building and Liberation Movement managed on Sunday...

Iran has welcomed the possibility of a rapprochement between its ally Syria and Turkey, the main backer of the political and armed opposition to Damascus for more than a decade. “We are happy with the dialogue taking place between Syria and Turkey, and we believe that it will reflect...