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 …
73 years of dependence
Does that mean that citizens of Syria, North Korea and Yemen are as independent as the … That may be an exception, but World Bank’s Doing Business indicators reveal that on average it takes …
US troops in Syria and allies exchanged fire with pro-Syrian regime forces
Syrian regime forces in the eastern part of the country. A convoy of US troops and Syrian Democratic Forces were fired upon in eastern Syria Monday morning as they were traveling through a known …
No coalition casualties as US troops, SDF, return fire on pro-Syrian regime forces in Syria, officials say
Syrian state media and an opposition war monitoring group reported that a U.S. helicopter gunship attacked a Syrian army checkpoint. U.S. defense officials say that didn’t happen.
Syria says U.S. forces clash with Syrian troops, killing 1
Syrian state media says U.S. forces attacked Syrian troops in the northeast, killing one and wounding two others …
US Patrol Under Attack in Syria Returns Fire
ISIS patrol by U.S. troops and Syrian Democratic Forces in northeastern Syria came under attack Monday by small-arms fire amid rising tensions in the region, according to U.S. military officials. U.S.