(Reuters)- Oil rose in volatile trade on Thursday but analysts said the gains may not hold in the face of a strong dollar and the U.S. commitment to forge a nuclear deal with Iran . Concerns about deteriorating oil supplies from Libya and Iraq boosted crude prices even before...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syria’s opposition leader Khaled Khoja has met with French President Francois Hollande on Thursday in Paris amid efforts to bolster the stand of the National Coalition as the international support declines, sources said....

(Reuters) - Islamic State militants have set fire to oil wells in the Ajil field east of the city of Tikrit to try to hinder aerial attacks aimed at driving them from the oilfield, a witness and military source said. Black smoke could be seen rising from oil field since...

(Reuters) - With Syria's civil war spilling across its borders and Islamic State militants beheading captives in their self-declared caliphate, it is little wonder Syrian movies have had pride of a place at an independent film festival in Turkey . One of them, "Silvered...