The Syrian regime has reportedly agreed to allow the import of goods from Saudi Arabia after a decade-long trade suspension, amid reports of increasing reconciliatory relations between the two Arab nations. According to the Arabi 21 news outlet, the Bashar al-Assad regime's ministry of...

Iran restricts cheap oil supplies to Syria, doubling Damascus price newspaper The Wall Street Journal cites sources familiar with the situation. According to sources, Tehran asked Damascus to pay upfront for oil and refused requests for new loan delivery. “In recent weeks, Iranian...

Evidence collected in Iraq strengthens preliminary findings that Islamic State extremists committed crimes against humanity and war crimes against the Christian community after it seized about a third of the country in 2014, a U.N. investigative team said in a report circulated Thursday. The...

 After more than 11 years of war, destruction, displacement and hunger, Syrians now face a new horror: Cholera. The disease, caused by contaminated food and water, has spread across several parts of the country in recent months and has already claimed lives. Cholera, which has been...