Top Syria tycoon Rami Makhlouf on Sunday said the regime was piling pressure on him and threatening to arrest him and close his telecommunications empire unless he hands over profits. Makhlouf, a …
Syrian tycoon rejects government demand he step down from mobile operator
Syrian tycoon Rami Makhlouf said on Sunday that authorities had set a deadline for him to resign from top mobile operator Syriatel or they would revoke its licence but that he would not step down. In …
UPDATE 1-Syrian tycoon rejects gov’t demand he step down from mobile operator
Syrian tycoon Rami Makhlouf said on Sunday that authorities had set a deadline for him to resign from top mobile operator Syriatel or they would revoke its licence but that he would not step down. In …
More than 200,000 people flee homes amid latest Syria offensive
The refugee crisis is growing tonight in Syria. More than two months after President Trump proclaimed the U.S. mission in Syria effectively over, Syrian and Russian forces are pounding rebel-held …
Trump faces foreign policy challenges in Syria and Iran
President Trump is warning Syria and its allies Russia and Iran not to kill innocent civilians in Syria’s Idlib Province. Meanwhile in Iran, officials shut down internet service to try to stop …
Syrian President Bashar Assad faces rare dissent from a top financial ally, cousin Rami Makhlouf
In the pecking order of figures close to Syria’s government leaders, Rami Makhlouf operated at the top. Arguably the country’s richest businessman with an estimated fortune worth billions of dollars …
Syria’s Cersei Lannister Is Back and Now She Wants Revenge
Assad was once hailed by Vogue magazine as Syria’s “Rose in the Desert.” But since the death of her mother-in-law, she’s emerged as a brutal power player in her own right.
Coronavirus Relief Bill: North Korea Banned From Cannabis Industry
Congress’s latest coronavirus relief bill includes a provision making sure that “the Government of Iran, North Korea, Syria,” or any state sponsor of terrorism is not included in banking channels …
Syria: Explosion reported in the city of Aleppo
The news follows a series of airstrikes in Syria, allegedly targeting an Iranian build-up of forces there.
Did Benjamin Netanyahu lie about a war with Syria over oil?
Netanyahu reportedly claimed an oil field was discovered in the Golan Heights, potentially raising tensions with Syria.