In the turmoil that has beset Lebanon throughout its recent history, there has been one constant: Riad Salame has served as governor of the Banque du Liban,...
On a sandy bank where the Euphrates river marks the outskirts of Baghdad, a chunk of metal bridge sits tantalisingly close to hundreds of displaced families...
For those willing to try their luck – and test their fate – there are new deals to be had in the Isis oilfields of eastern Syria. In recent weeks the jihadi...
Syrians first turned to the popular Facebook page “Mortar shell diaries of Damascus” to trace explosions in their capital. Now the site offers updates on...
BEIRUT: Pictures of rebels and forces loyal to President Bashar Assad laughing and shaking hands after a local cease-fire have sparked outrage on both sides,...
BEIRUT/UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations on Thursday welcomed reports that an agreement had been reached to allow the evacuation of civilians from the...
MOSCOW/BEIRUT: Russia said its ally Syria would soon ship more chemical weapons abroad for destruction after being accused of dragging its feet, while...
QAMISHLI, Syria: In the northeast corner of Syria, a pocket of stability is emerging amid the country’s raging civil war. Here the talk is of building,...
BEIRUT: The United Nations World Food Program has pressed the Syrian government to increase access to besieged residents in Damascus and Aleppo, its chief...
BEIRUT: An al Qaeda affiliate based in Iraq and Syria has vowed to crush opposition groups it has been confronting in the worst outbreak of infighting among...
BEIRUT: Syria has started moving chemical weapons materials out of the country in the most crucial phase of an internationally backed disarmament programme...
BEIRUT: Syrian Kurds are demanding their own delegation separate from both the government and opposition at next month's peace talks in Switzerland aimed...
BEIRUT: The commander of the rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) said on Tuesday his group would shun a planned peace conference in Switzerland in January and would...
BEIRUT: Islamist rebels led by al Qaeda-linked fighters seized Syria's largest oil field on Saturday, cutting off President Bashar al-Assad's access...
BEIRUT/IRBIL: With a string of military gains across northeastern Syria, a Kurdish militia is solidifying a geographic and political presence in the war-torn...
BEIRUT: Syria's army has sealed the few remaining smuggling routes into the besieged eastern suburbs of Damascus, activists and aid workers said on Wednesday,...
BEIRUT: Syrian rebels blew up an army checkpoint outside Damascus on Saturday and more than 30 combatants from both sides died in the blast and ensuing...
BEIRUT: Thousands of Syrian rebels have broken with the Western-backed coalition and called for a new Islamist front, undermining international efforts to...
BEIRUT: Opposition fighters across Syria are preparing to launch attacks that exploit anticipated U.S.-led military strikes, but there are no plans to...
BEIRUT: U.N. experts arrived in the Netherlands with evidence gathered in their investigation of a poison gas attack in Syria, as the White House said...
BEIRUT: People in Damascus stocked up on supplies on Wednesday and some left homes close to potential targets as U.S. officials described plans for...
BEIRUT/AMMAN: U.N. chemical weapons experts interviewed and took blood samples on Monday from victims of last week's apparent poison gas attack in a...
BEIRUT: President Barack Obama called the apparent gassing of hundreds of Syrian civilians a "big event of grave concern" but stressed on Friday he was in no...
BEIRUT: The men, women and children lying undisturbed in their beds had looked so peaceful they might have been just sleeping, Abu Nidal thought, as he and...