Moscow has said it will only allow aid to enter Syria through regime-controlled border crossings, despite warnings from the UN it could lead to a humanitarian disaster. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has urged his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov to secure the entry of...

The Syrian Central Bank has eased restrictions on foreign exchange dealers inside Syria despite laws prohibiting use of dollars for trade and commercial activities.   Mohamed al-Hallaq, secretary of the Federation of Syrian Chambers of Commerce, said that the governor of the...

 Groups of angry Lebanese pelted buses and cars carrying Syrians expatriates and refugees heading to the Syrian Embassy in Beirut with stones and sticks on Thursday, outraged over what they perceive as an organized vote for President Bashar Assad. Meanwhile, some Syrian refugees...

 Lebanese mobs attacked buses and cars carrying Syrians expatriates and those who fled the war heading to the Syrian embassy in Beirut on Thursday, protesting against what they said was an organized vote for President Bashar Assad. Assad is running for a fourth seven-year...