Many want to share in a possible boom after the toppling of Assad ended civil war and global isolation, but access is limited Scouting the old quarter of Damascus for a shop to expand his business, gold merchant Mahmoud Radwan encountered both high rents and the open hostility displayed towards …

Guns, ammunition and banknotes seized in raid on ⁠’terrorist hideout’ after deadly attack on US troops Syria announced on Sunday it had dismantled an ISIS cell in a Damascus suburb and arrested seven people, as part of a move to step up operations against ⁠the group after a deadly attack …

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich says move aimed at ‘burying’ idea of Palestinian state Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has advanced plans to build a settlement in the E1 area surrounding East Jerusalem and derail the creation of a Palestinian state. The minister said on Thursday he would approve tenders …