Lebanese officials are cracking down on Syrian refugees against the backdrop of a worsening economic crisis and political stalemate, an escalation that has caused a panic among Syrians in the country. In recent weeks, the army has raided refugee camps and set up checkpoints to review the...

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi Wednesday met Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus in a bid to boost cooperation between the two allies, state media reported. Tehran has been a main backer of Assad's government since an uprising turned into a full-blown war in March 2011 and has played...

A number of Lebanese lawyers have condemned the forced deportations of Syrian refugees in Lebanon, stressing that calls for handing over Syrian refugees and prisoners to the Assad regime is a crime against humanity. Lawyer Muhammad Sablouh told Zaman al-Wasl that the Lebanese government...

DUBAI — Saudi authorities foiled an attempt to smuggle more than 5 million amphetamine tablets into the country in a shipment of stones through a Jeddah seaport Monday. The Saudi Ministry of Interior’s General Directorate of Narcotics Control (GDNC) made the announcement, the latest in a...