“Many providers prefer to avoid the risk of dealing with Syria. That’s why there is a need for parallel structures and financial channels that are monitored and secured to directly support civil …
Hizbollah is on shaky ground as Lebanon implodes
Yet this week the Special Tribunal for Lebanon set up by the UN to try in absentia four members of Hizbollah, the Iran-backed and Syria-allied paramilitary movement implicated in the killing, …
UN: Committee drafting new Syria constitution meets Aug. 24
The U.N. special envoy for Syria says the 45-member committee charged with drafting a new constitution for the conflict-torn country will meet for the first time in nine months on Aug. 24 …
Australian pilots drafted to help fly UK drones over Syria and Iraq
UAE-Israel agreement followed many years of discrete talks | Charlotte Observer
small business and energy/environment. At the summit, diplomats from Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain spoke of the threat Iran posed to their security and its use of Shiite proxies in Iraq, Syria, …
U.N. Trial Clears Hezbollah, Finds One Guilty of Lebanon Leader’s Death Amid Crisis
An international court has cleared Lebanon’s Shiite Muslim Hezbollah movement, three of its suspected members as well as its ally, the Syrian government, of wrongdoing in the 2005 assassination of a …
How Israel Stopped Attempted Attack at Its Disputed Border With Syria
As part of an all-female field observer team, they are stationed at the Golan Heights, a stretch of southwestern Syria occupied and annexed by Israel decades ago despite nearly no international …
Putin, Erdogan Discuss Conflicts in Libya, Syria in Phone Call
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan discussed the conflicts in Libya and Syria in a telephone call on Monday. The Kremlin said that the two leaders, focused …
Lebanon tribunal judge: No evidence of involvement by Hezbollah leadership in Hariri’s killing
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon is reading the verdict in the trial of four Hezbollah members charged with conspiracy to kill Hariri and 21 others. “The trial chamber is of the view that Syria …
Here’s what the 38-year-old turmeric scandal reveals about the ease of doing business in India
While the World Bank ranks India third in terms of doing business. When it comes to enforcing contracts, it appears nearly at the bottom, worse than Pakistan, Senegal, and Syria While Prime Minister …