Regime government intended to increase the electricity price for Syrian cosutumers  for the third time amid claims that the increase would not affect the lowest class consumers. The Assad government also discussed a decision to raise tariffs for subscribers for tension...

  After evidence surfaced that Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces used chemical weapons that allegedly killed more than 1,000 people, including women and children, President Obama has gone to Congress to authorize military action in the country. House members and...

  Hassan, a 25-year-old prisoner of the Free Syrian Army (FSA), looks depressed as he trades cigarettes with the 15 other men in his detention room in a makeshift jail in Aleppo province. He says he was headed to Aleppo central prison to deliver his cousin’s...

With his truck fully laden with vegetable oil, driver Mustafa Demir makes his regular trip to the Syrian border from  Turkey  to sell to rebels desperate for provisions as war closes off normal trade channels. "There is so much demand from the Syrian side. There is demand for...