Most Gaza residents are the descendants of Palestinian refugees driven to the enclave in a 1948 war. They harbor a deep fear ...

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Syria's new Islamist leaders are undertaking a radical overhaul of the country's broken economy, ...

There is now a major shift to a competitive free-market economy, Syria’s new economy minister said. Read more at straitstimes ...

DAMASCUS - Syria's new Islamist leaders are undertaking ... "If this decision goes through, it will increase unemployment across society, which is something we cannot afford," he said.

For Syria's post-regime change future to be successful, the head of the Catholic Church's leading humanitarian and social service confederation has one clear message: End the sanctions now.

MOSCOW, January 30. /TASS/. Ukraine risks losing half of its foreign military aid due to a cutoff of US funding; Syria and Russia discuss aid and the future of Moscow's military bases in the region; ...

Under Assad and his father, Syria was organised as a militarised, state-led economy that favoured an inner circle of allies ...

Three years after launching his “special military operation” in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin faces a looming choice. In public, he exudes optimism. He has pulled his country back from the ...

Iran will respond immediately and decisively if its nuclear sites are attacked which would lead to an "all-out war in the region," Tehran's foreign minister ...