(Zaman Al Wals)- The value of the Syrian pound (Lira) has been in hysterical dwindling on Sunday following new defiant statements by Bashar al-Assad's cousin and Telecom tycoon  Rami Makhlouf  who has refused to step down and warned of imminent collapse for the ailing economy....

Syrian tycoon Rami Makhlouf said Sunday that authorities had set a deadline for him to resign from the country's leading mobile operator Syriatel or it would revoke the company's license, but that he would not step down. In a video, the third the businessmen has issued bringing into the...

In separate, stark warnings, two major European leaders have bluntly told their citizens that the world needs to adapt to live with the coronavirus and cannot wait to be saved by the development of a vaccine. The comments by Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and British Prime...

The Chinese ambassador to Israel was found dead in his home north of Tel Aviv Sunday, Israel’s Foreign Ministry said. No cause of death was given and Israeli police said it was investigating. Du Wei, 58, was appointed envoy in February in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. He...