Iranians responded with anger and mockery Saturday to the bellicose criticism of their government by U.S. President Donald Trump who threatened to tear up a landmark nuclear deal. Trump's use of the phrase "Arabian Gulf" rather than "Persian Gulf" particularly hit a nerve in a country...

(New York Times)— Ali Shehadeh, a seed hunter, opened the folders with the greatest of care. Inside each was a carefully dried and pressed seed pod: a sweet clover from Egypt, a wild wheat found only in northern Syria, an ancient variety of bread wheat. He had thousands of these folders...

LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices slipped on Thursday as U.S. fuel inventories rose and despite efforts by OPEC to cut production. Brent crude oil was down 20 cents at $56.74 a barrel by 0730 GMT. U.S. light crude was 25 cents lower at $51.05. Both benchmarks have risen more than 20 percent...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian Minister of Finance has seized the “movable and immovable property” of 11 members of the Ghreiwati family that led the business and finance in Syria for decades.  Zaman al-Wasl reviewed a copy of the decision which was signed on the same day that an...