Sanctions in Syria have driven oil production underground, but one company has set out plans to tackle the problem. Gulfsands Petroleum owns a 50% stake in Block 26, where its interests pre-date the war. While sanctions prevent the company from operating in the area, other entities do not...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran said Saturday it executed a former high-ranking defense ministry official and dual Iranian-British national, despite international warnings not to carry out the death sentence. The execution further escalated tensions with the West amid the nationwide...

The Syria Response Coordinators Team confirmed that the number of people in need of humanitarian assistance in Syria has risen to 15.3 million, an increase of 700,000 people from last year. The figures show that there are 50.8% of the needy in a severe degree, 18.2% in a very severe degree,...

A UN mandate for aid transfer to Syria via the Bab Al-Hawa crossing on the border with Türkiye is about to expire soon and the failure of extension raises fears of imminent humanitarian disaster. The long-running aid operation that allows the use of the Bab al-Hawa crossing on the...