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BEIRUT, April 7 - The Israeli military has refrained from striking a key border crossing between Syria and Lebanon after both pressed the U.S. on the need to keep it open, a Lebanese source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. The Israeli military on April 4 issued a warning…

Logo of ADES Holding Co. ADES Holding Co. signed an executive contract with Syrian Petroleum Co. (SPC) today, April 6, to develop several gas fields in Syria, as part of its strategy to boost gas production and develop existing fields. In a statement, SPC said the contract covers maintenance and development…

Israeli strikes in Lebanon on Sunday killed at least 15 people, a day after Israel threatened to hit Lebanon’s main border crossing with Syria, forcing it to close. Israeli strikes in Lebanon on Sunday killed at least 15 people, a day after Israel threatened to hit Lebanon’s main border crossing…

The United Arab Emirates on Saturday condemned what it described as “riots, acts of vandalism, and assaults” outside its embassy and the residence of its head of mission in Damascus. In a statement, the UAE’s foreign ministry called on Syria to uphold its obligations to secure the embassy and its…

A 22-year-old home care worker from Syria has been charged in Sweden after authorities say he abused and mistreated more than a dozen elderly patients. Abdulrahman Al Khleef Almasalmeh, who arrived in Sweden as a refugee in 2015, is accused of carrying out repeated acts of abuse while employed by…

UAE embassy in the Syrian capital Damascus. The Emirati Foreign Ministry said on Saturday that the UAE has condemned recent attacks targeting its embassy and the residence of its mission chief in the Syrian capital, Damascus, according to Arab News. “The United Arab Emirates expresses its strongest condemnation and denunciation of…

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A United States lawmaker, Mark Harris, has written to the U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, demanding sanctions on the Nigerian government over what he described as escalating violence against Christians. Harris, in a letter dated Thursday, April 2, 2026, condemned the persecution of Christians in both Nigeria and Syria,…

WORLD Originally from rural Wisconsin, Kittleson's first direct conflict experience came in 2012 when she entered opposition-held Syria to report from there. She has reported extensively on security, conflict, and post-conflict issues in the Middle East and is currently based between Baghdad and Italy. Add DNA as a Preferred Source…

The only long-term solution to the danger of the Iranian regime blocking access to the strategic Strait of Hormuz runs through Israel, asserted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a Monday interview with Newsmax. “Long-term solutions include rerouting energy pipelines westward, across Saudi Arabia to the Red Sea and Mediterranean, bypassing…