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Damascus region governor says water will be restored soon

Engineers have entered a damaged rebel-held water pumping station and supplies will soon be restored to the Syrian capital, the governor of Damascus Countryside Province said on state television on Friday. The engineers had entered the facilities at Ain al-Fija in the Wadi Barada area by...

Two sides of Syria: Damascus and Aleppo

(Al- Monitor)- Lebanon is a country of unsettled scores. Each time I visit the country, I keep seeing and feeling the burdensome legacy of its 15-year civil war, no matter how many years had gone by since it ended in 1990. What would I find in neighboring Syria, as its nearly 6-year-old civil...

Trump betting on EU breakup would be 'sheer folly'

The Donald Trump administration would be committing "sheer folly" if it supports the European Union's breakup as it seems to be doing, the outgoing U.S. ambassador to the EU warned Friday. Anthony Gardner, who is leaving his Brussels post after three years, said Trump's transition team had...

Russia stays mute on possible US invitation to Syria talks

The Kremlin Friday declined to confirm whether it would invite the United States to Syria peace talks later this month after Washington was excluded from brokering a recent truce in the war-torn country. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Thursday that Turkey and Russia had...