Trucked exports of oil from  Iraq  to neighbouring Jordan have been halted due to deteriorating security in Anbar province where militants have overrun the city of Falluja, an oil ministry spokesman said. When the exports were halted was not clear, but Asim Jihad said the...

U.S. Ambassador to  Syria  Robert  Ford  is retiring at the end of the month, current and former U.S. officials said on Tuesday. Ford , a career foreign service officer and a fluent Arabic speaker, was instrumental in negotiating with Syrian opposition...

With the Eastern Mediterranean emerging as a possible alternative to Russian gas for European consumers, Moscow has found a point of entry of their own – Syria. Shortly before the New Year, Russia’s SoyuzNefteGaz signed a  $90 million deal  to support Syria’s first...

Syrian opposition chief Ahmad Jarba is to visit Moscow on Tuesday at the invitation of Russian authorities, AFP said.   "Mr. Jarba has accepted the Russian invitation and will go to Moscow on February 4," Monzer Aqbiq, head advisor to the leader of the Syrian...