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May 21st, 2018 - 08:09 GMT

ISIS Militants Exit South Damascus, Means Gov't Flushes Out Last Threat to Capital

ISIS fighters began evacuating their final stronghold in southern Damascus on Sunday, a monitor said, bringing Syria’s government closer than ever to flushing out the last threat to the capital.

Syrian President Bashar Assad warned the United States that it would fail if it invaded Syria, as he refuted any claims that his government was involved in the use of chemical weapons against civilians. (AFP/File)

August 26th, 2013 - 06:18 GMT

Chemical weapons claims 'insult to common sense' - Assad

A handout image released by the Syrian opposition's Shaam News Network shows bodies of children wrapped in shrouds as Syrian rebels claim they were killed in a toxic gas attack by pro-government forces in eastern Ghouta, on the outskirts of Damascus on August 21, 2013. AFP PHOTO / HO / SHAAM NEWS NETWORK

August 23rd, 2013 - 06:57 GMT

U.S. unable to "conclusively determine" use of chemical weapons

Iran Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi meets Syria President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on May 7(AFP/SANA)

May 12th, 2013 - 09:00 GMT

Iran FM condemns the use of WMDs in remarks on Syria

Israel carried out a pre-dawn air strike near Damascus on May 5, targeting Iranian missiles destined for Lebanon's Hezbollah. (AFP PHOTO / SANA /HO)

May 6th, 2013 - 05:27 GMT

Syria warns Israel after latest strike

A Syrian rebel fires toward a government held area in Aleppo (AFP Photo/ Dimitar Dilkoff)

April 8th, 2013 - 06:34 GMT

Assad boosts defense of Damascus as rebels make gains

A Syrian opposition fighter runs for cover from Syrian army snipers during clashes in the northern city of Aleppo on March 27, 2013. Syria's President Bashar al-Assad met with a committee tasked with forging a political solution to the country's spiralling conflict, state media said. (AFP PHOTO/BULENT KILIC)

March 28th, 2013 - 07:00 GMT

Syrian regime lets in UN chemical weapons investigation team

A lack of post-war planning could keep the Syrian economy in a dire situation for longer than necessary

December 19th, 2012 - 11:04 GMT

It may be over for the Assads but it hasn't even begun for a shattered Syrian economy

Syrian men stand inside a crater where they said a Scud missile landed near the military base of Sheikh Suleiman on the outskirts of the northwestern town of Darret Ezza on Friday. (AFP PHOTO / HERVE BAR)

December 16th, 2012 - 05:02 GMT

NATO commander says Scud missiles hit close to one of their own

Web traffic in and out of Syria (picture courtesy of Akamai)

November 29th, 2012 - 07:26 GMT

Syria plunged into internet blackout

The turmoil in Syria, which is weighing on Lebanese banks operating there, will have minimal impact on banks because the affiliates account for a small percentage of profits, Nassib Ghobril, head of Economic Research at Byblos Bank said

December 29th, 2011 - 08:46 GMT

Lebanon banks’ 2012 growth hinges on regional changes

Lebanon and Iraq are poised to provide economic corridors for their crisis-hit neighbor without explicitly breaching the restrictions, experts say

December 6th, 2011 - 09:34 GMT

Sanctions-hit Syria eyes Lebanon, Iraq economic corridors

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December 6th, 2009 - 03:16 GMT

e-Government on the march in the Arab World: 11 Arab countries have already launched e-Government portals