Lebanese marijuana grower Abu Sami is practically rubbing his hands together with glee: the Syrian conflict has paralysed authorities at home and left the nearby border virtually uncontrolled. "This year, the harvest was abundant, and the authorities have left us alone because they are...
Miscalculations by the Syrian regime, opposition groups and U.S. government left them all unprepared for the Aug. 21 gas attack As Syrian troops battled rebel forces in the Damascus suburbs Aug. 18, U.S. eavesdropping equipment began picking up ominous signals. A special Syrian...
The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) arrested Mustafa Abdullah, commander of Sokour al-Islam brigades (Islam's Hawks) in Atimah, according to Zaman Alwasl reporter. The ISIL took control of the town of Atimah on the border with Turkey at the end of last...
The Syrian market suffers a remarkable shortage in some kinds of drugs as most pharmaceutical laboratories in northern Syria are out of service. The Minister of Health Saad Naif told local media that 72 kinds of medicines are missing from the market given the economic sanctions on the...
