A Saudi man was found guilty of violating labour regulations by covering up a Syrian and enabling him to illegally run a private business dealing in spare parts of washing machines in Riyadh.
US Will Still Support ISIS Fight Despite Drawdowns from Iraq, Afghanistan, General Says
U.S. forces are still needed in the region to deter Iran and contain the Islamic State, which continues to pose a threat in Iraq and Syria requiring U.S. support for local forces, McKenzie said in …
Israel launches airstrike against Iranian targets in Syria
The Israeli air force conducted overnight airstrikes against eight targets controlled by the Iranian Al Quds forces stationed in Syria.
Syria Says Mike Pompeo’s Visit to Golan Shows His ‘Allegiance to Israel’ Over International Law
In a statement sent to Newsweek, the Syrian mission to the United Nations accused President Donald Trump’s administration of having “disdain and contempt of international law and the UN Charter.” …
US general says IS in Iraq and Syria still long-term threat
Although the Islamic State extremist group is battered and scattered, it cannot be fully defeated until the world finds a way to reconcile and resettle the thousands of people displaced by years of …
Top US general in the Mideast says ISIS in Iraq and Syria still long-term threat
While no longer a major security threat, Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie said ISIS is never going to be defeated unless the international community can address the indoctrination of refugees displaced by …
Golan Heights ‘a central part of Israel’, Pompeo says
Mike Pompeo has become the first US secretary of state to visit the occupied Golan Heights. Israel seized the strategic plateau from Syria in the 1967 Middle East war and later annexed it. In 2019, …
Pompeo says Iran isolated, Israel’s Syria airstrikes show otherwise
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that Iran is more isolated in the wake of the Abraham Accords between Israel and two Gulf states. This, along with messages about new sanctions, were part of the …
Israeli airstrikes target Iranian forces inside Syria
We will not allow Iranian military entrenchment against us in Syria,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “Whoever tries to attack us or attacks us will bear the consequences.” …
Virus threat ‘a new terror’ in Syria’s scarred Idlib region
IDLIB, Syria (AP) — Nurses hover over a patient to insert a breathing tube as his condition suddenly deteriorates. ICU beds fill up almost overnight. As one patient dies of the coronavirus and is …