The new U.S. chief envoy for Syria on Monday pledged continued American backing for political opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as   the country’s conflict   moves into a fourth year. “Assad will go to any length to maintain...

U.S. special forces have seized a tanker that fled with a cargo of oil from a Libyan port controlled by anti-government rebels, halting their attempt to sell crude on the global market. Gunmen demanding regional autonomy and a share of oil wealth had managed to load the ship, which...

At least three people were killed and six wounded when a suicide car bomber struck a petrol station in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley near the border with  Syria , a security source said. He said two of the dead were members of Hezbollah who had approached the vehicle in the town of...

Shopping is no longer among the priorities for Syrian families in Damascus due to the rapid and drastic increase in the prices of clothes as a result of factories’ closure and the inflation which ate the Syrian Pound. Damascus shops lie empty and people only pass by them to take a look at the...