At a time when countries are racing to invest the great wealth of gas that has emerged in the Mediterranean, Syria is hardly heard, despite all the shortages it suffers from in energy resources, which is so far considered the most prominent responsible for the poor economic conditions in the...

The German SZ newspaper  reported Tuesday that the trial of two Syrians was held over an attempt to smuggle large quantities of Captagon (amphetamine) tablets from illegal drug laboratories abroad. The newspaper revealed that the defendants' defense demanded a prison term of six and a...

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian warplane crashed Monday into a residential area in a Russian city on the Sea of Azov after suffering engine failure, killing at least two people and igniting a massive blaze that engulfed several floors of a nine-story apartment building. A Su-34 bomber came down in...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's judiciary raised the death toll Monday in a blaze at Tehran's notorious Evin prison, saying that at least eight prisoners were killed as protests continue nationwide. Details still remain scarce over the fire at Evin prison, which broke out on...