Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed on Monday his government ministers to refrain from making public statements related to security issues. This move comes amid growing expectations in Israel of potential retaliatory attacks from Iran and the Lebanese group Hezbollah in...

Bombardment by pro-Iranian groups supporting the Syrian government killed 11 civilians in an eastern village under the control of the YPG group, a war monitor said on Aug. 9. Six children were among the victims of intense shelling of the east banks of the Euphrates in Dahla in the Deir...

Economic observers, via the Syrian regime's media, called on the Central Bank to print new banknotes larger than the 5,000 lira denomination to avoid the risks of carrying large amounts of money, especially for merchants. The Vice Dean of the Faculty of Economics at Damascus University,...

The Golan Heights has officially been recognised as part of Syria since the country won independence in 1944. Despite numerous wars, claims and counter-claims, the international community continues to regard the scenic, resource-rich region as part of Syria. Israel, which has occupied...