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War, corruption and sanctions have taken a heavy toll on Syria, whose deepening poverty is ‘a dangerous accelerant in an already volatile environment’ ...

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In a country with about 1.25 million public sector employees, civil servants must queue at one of two state banks or affiliated ATMs to make withdrawals, capped at about 200,000 Syrian pounds ...

Buses carrying Druze from Syria crossed into the Israeli controlled area of the Golan Heights on Friday, in a trip by the ...

Investing.com-- Gold prices rose Thursday, on renewed demand from investors in the wake of the recent selloff. At 10:25 ET (14:25... Investing.com - Futures tied to Canada’s main stock exchange ...

These price movements were partly underpinned by a notable appreciation of the Syrian pound in the unofficial market, where it strengthened by 22.9 per cent in January and an additional 17.7 per cent ...

Since then, I have covered the successive blows that Beirut has endured, most recently at Reuters as the bureau chief for ...

The World Bank will grant Lebanon a $250 million loan that will be used to help ease electricity cuts in the crisis-hit country, the country's finance ministry said Thursday.

Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip have killed at least 50 people, many of them women and children, the territory’s Health ...