9 March 2010, 8:27 pm
The Obama administration has from the start seen Syria as a leading case for engagement.... Read More »
9 March 2010, 12:04 pm
Israel and Syria have both told a conference in Paris they want to use nuclear power to generate electricity.... Read More »
9 March 2010, 7:39 am
A source from the Prime Minister's Office on Tuesday afternoon reportedly denied a news report quoting the Turkish prime minister as saying Israel has accepted that Turkey will again mediate talks with Syria.... Read More »
9 March 2010, 1:30 am
BEIRUT: The Public Prosecutor's office at the Lebanese Cassation Court returned the summons issued by the Syrian judiciary against 25 Lebanese officials and figures, judicial sources confirmed on Monday.... Read More »
8 March 2010, 5:10 pm
AnadoluJet launched its first direct flight between Ankara and Damascus on March 4 with a plane carrying 71 passengers on board.... Read More »
8 March 2010, 8:55 am
DAMASCUS: As many as 180,000 Iraqis living in Syria are expected to cast ballots as part of global out-of-country voting in this weekenda s general elections, Iraqa s electoral commission said on Monday.... Read More »
8 March 2010, 12:34 am
Syria: 4 hours, 24 minutes ago EFG Hermes, the leading investment bank in the Arab world, will enter the Syrian market with the opening of its full fledged office in the Syrian Arab Republic and the simultaneous launch of a new private equity fund that targets investments in the untapped Syrian mark... Read More »
7 March 2010, 4:22 pm
Turkey is determined to resume mediating indirect peace talks between Syria and Israel, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said in Damascus Sunday.... Read More »
7 March 2010, 8:13 am
Last week, there was considerable fuss in much of the U.S. media because, just a couple of days after the Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Bill Burns, visited Damascus and announced that after a five-year absence Washington would finally be returning an ambassador to Syria, President ... Read More »
6 March 2010, 11:55 pm
As Iraq gears up for Sunday's election, a major litmus test in the country's nascent democracy, many Iraqi expatriates here are disillusioned with the process. But a fair number headed to the polls anyway during a three-day voting window that began Friday."I do not know if I will ever be able to go ... Read More »