(Zaman Al Wasl)- The U.S. is trying to avoid tension with Russia over Bashar al-Assad but it has adopted two ways to tighten noose on the Syrian dictator and his regime. The first way of dealing with the regime is to prevent the regime from getting U.S. Dollar through private and...

Pope Francis on Sunday urged world leaders to try again to bring peace to Libya and in Syria where millions of refugees and people displaced by conflict should be helped to return home. In his traditional Easter Sunday address to the faithful at the Vatican, where some 70,000 were gathered...

Speaker Nabih Berri and Syria’s ambassador to Lebanon Friday discussed “Israeli-Western schemes” in the Syrian civil war, a statement from Berri’s office reported. Following the meeting, held at Berri’s residence in Ain al-Tineh, Ambassador Ali Abdel Karim said he had spoken with...

Lebanese Minister of State for Refugee Affairs Saleh Gharib Thursday said he was finalizing a plan for Syrian refugee returns that he will submit to Cabinet "soon." Speaking to local news outlet Lebanon Debate, Gharib said his plan reflected the concerns of the Lebanese people,...