At least one soldier was killed and three more wounded in attack by unknown assailants in the western Qalamoun region near Damascus, residents told Zaman al-Wasl Tuesday. The armed group opened fire on the army's checkpoint in the town of Talfita early morning, leaving four killed...

 A senior member of Lebanon’s negotiating team with the IMF resigned as finance ministry director general on Monday, saying vested interests were undermining the government’s economic recovery plan. Alain Bifani, who held the ministry post for 20 years, is the second member of...

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...

Aid organizations made a plea Monday for world leaders to boost financial support to conflict-torn Syria where around 11 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance, on the eve of a major donor conference hosted by the European Union. The conflict has killed more than 400,000...