Lebanese General Security Thursday returned 787 Syrian refugees to their home country, a statement from the agency said. Syrians who had registered with General Security saying that they wished to return home gathered at meeting points across the country at 6 a.m. Thursday...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Most merchants in Syria’s Damascus have been complaining of a recession hitting their stacked merchandise, a Syrian business website reported.  Some say it is the usual post-Eid al-Adha recession. However, others believe that this is due to the high cost of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The United States is warning businesses against participating in an annual trade fare this week in the Syrian capital, Damascus. The U.S. Embassy in Syria, which closed the mission early on in the country's eight-year civil war, posted a statement on Twitter ahead of...

Lebanon has "forcibly deported" nearly 2,500 Syrian refugees back to their war-torn homeland since May, Amnesty International said Tuesday, calling on authorities to end the expulsions. Amnesty cited data from Lebanon's General Security agency and the Lebanese government showing that some...