Syrian regime forces continued their offensive against Eastern Ghouta Sunday, a day after they cut off the rebel-held enclave's largest town, pressing on with a 20-day assault that has left more than 1,000 civilians dead. The regime troops and allied Shiite militia launched their...

France on Friday condemned Bashar al-Assad regime and its allies for targeting Syria's besieged Eastern Ghouta region, despite an adoption of UN Security Council resolution late last month, which called for a 30-day cease-fire. "France condemns the continued intensification of the...

An aid convoy into Syria's eastern Ghouta Friday unloaded all its aid in the opposition-held area's main town of Douma and crossed back into government-held territory, the International Committee of the Red Cross in Syria told Reuters. The convoy consisted of 13 trucks of food supplies...

Access to a debt market teeming with yield-hungry investors is helping some cash-strapped nations in the Gulf Cooperation Council kick reforms down the road. Taking advantage of attractive interest rates, Oman raised $6.5 billion in January, its biggest sale on record, to help bridge deficits....