Russian troops launched a wide-ranging attack on Ukraine on Thursday, as President Vladimir Putin cast aside international condemnation and sanctions and warned other countries that any attempt to interfere would lead to “consequences you have never seen.” Ukraine's leadership said at...

Although the Syrian regime's lifting subsidies for thousands of families was not surprising, experts predict that catastrophic effects on the citizens are likely to occur in the first place.  On the other hand, the government's austerity plans related to reducing the cost of...

In a square that a few years ago was a grim stage for the Islamic State group’s brutal rule in the Syrian city of Raqqa, Mahmoud Dander sat deep in thought. He wants to leave Syria, but has a problem: The 75-year-old has no money. He recalled the old days before protests and wars led to...

Syria's telecommunications authority has awarded Wafa Telecom a licence to be the country's third mobile telecoms operator, state media reported on Monday. Syrian Minister of Telecommunications Iyad al Khatib told parliament last week that Wafa would begin its services over the next nine...