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Washington Post CEO slams Trump’s support of Saudis

Washington Post publisher and chief executive Fred Ryan on Wednesday condemned U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision not to punish Saudi Arabia for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.  “A clear and dangerous message has been sent to tyrants around the world: Flash...

Syria’s Druze reject Assad’s call to serve in military

Nearly eight years into the Syrian war, Selim still refuses to perform his military service, just like many fellow Druze from Swaida province rejecting the regime’s conscription call. “I don’t want to get involved in the Syrian bloodbath,” said the 27-year-old, who gave a pseudonym for...

U.S. targets Iran-Russia network over oil sent to Syria

The United States has moved to disrupt an Iranian-Russian network that it said had sent millions of barrels of oil to Syria as well as hundreds of millions of dollars to indirectly fund Hamas and Hezbollah. The complicated arrangement, described by the U.S. Treasury in a statement Tuesday,...