- An "exclusivity agreement" during negotiations is a common procedure, especially for large investments. - During the field research and negotiation period, it is unfair for Novaterra to spend millions of dollars without any commitment from the Syrian government. - Western insurance...

Iraq’s Counter-Terrorism Service said on Friday that its forces, in coordination with the US-led coalition, killed Omar Abdul Qader Bassam, also known as Abdulrahman Halabi, a top ISIS terror group commander accused of plotting attacks in Lebanon, Europe, and the US. In a statement, the...

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani has arrived in Washington on Thursday, in his first official trip to the US capital after the new government toppled the Bashar al-Assad regime last year. During the visit, the first by a Syrian foreign minister to Washington in more than 25 years,...

Lebanon’s military said on Wednesday that it had seized 64 million captagon pills in the country’s east in one of the largest operations against the illicit stimulant in the country. Lebanon has faced pressure from Gulf states to counter the production and trafficking of drugs,...