China and Syria regime announced the formation of a strategic partnership on Friday as Chinese leader Xi Jinping kicked off a series of diplomatic meetings ahead of the upcoming Asian Games. Xi met Bashar Assad in the southern Chinese city of Hangzhou, which is hosting the 15-day sports...

Bashar Assad arrived in China on Thursday on his first visit to the country since the start of Syria's 12-year conflict, one in which Beijing has been one of his main backers. China’s Foreign Ministry said Assad would join other foreign leaders attending the opening ceremony of the Asian...

Abdel-Hamid al-Hassadi survived the devastating flooding in eastern Libya, but he lost some 90 people from his extended family. The 23-year-old law graduate rushed upstairs along with his mother and his elder brother, as heavy rains lashed the city of Derna on the evening of Sept. 10. Soon,...

Amr Salem, former Minister of Internal Trade, criticized Syrian Prime Minister Hussein Arnous’s speech before the People’s Assembly, in which he said that “the steps taken by the government with regard to reducing the budget deficit by reducing the value of subsidies on oil derivatives...