(Eqtsad)- Negotiations regarding the opening of Nasib border crossing between Syria and Jordan remain have been stalled despite serious attempts and considerable pressure by some international actors to achieve a compromise formula that satisfies all parties. Activist and lawyer Abu...

 Lebanon’s president called on Saudi Arabia on Saturday to clarify why Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri could not return home, a week after he stunned his country by resigning while in the kingdom. A senior Lebanese official said President Michel Aoun had told foreign...

Iran has trained and deployed thousands of Shiite Afghans as shock troops in Syria’s sectarian war. Members of the Afghan unit, the Fatemiyoun Division, wear a shoulder patch recounting words of praise from Iran’s supreme leader as a badge of honor. What those fighters might do when...

With the fall of Daesh’s (ISIS) last significant stronghold in Syria, Iranian and Russian-backed Syrian troops now turn to face off with their main rival, the U.S.-backed forces holding large oil fields and strategic territory in the country’s north and east. The complicated map puts U.S....