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Font size : At least twelve people were killed and seven injured when a passenger bus collided with a lorry on the main highway between Damascus and Baghdad on Sunday...The two vehicles were completely destroyed in the crash, which occurred...

Ad-Diyar newspaper reported on Saturday that a “warm welcome” awaits Prime Minister Saad Hariri in Syria. The daily said Hariri will most likely visit Syria after President Michel Sleiman returns from his mid-December visit to Washington, adding that “all arrangements...

A well-informed source told As-Safir newspaper on Friday that Prime Minister Saad Hariri, along with a few ministers and advisors, might visit Syria immediately after the cabinet is granted the vote of confidence next week. The source added that preparations...

The Israel Defense Forces recently finished formulating its operational doctrine on how to deal with the threat of rockets and missiles aimed at Israel's home front, and how to provide protection against these threats. In a report last year, the...

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are in Syria, using their powers for good. The celebrity übercouple visited Iraqi refugees in Damascus today in an attempt to keep the lowest-profile victims of the war from falling off the radar, People reports....

Some believe Hamas should insist on releasing all the prisoners on the list handed over to Israel, while others hold a more pragmatic approach that not all the movement's demands can be achieved. (Ynet)  

An Ottawa city councillor is questioning why a provincial bill aimed at limiting corporate contributions to municipal election candidates doesn't just ban those donations. Some residents of a west-end Ottawa community housing development say unchecked mould in their buildings is...

Turkey and Syria celebrated on Tuesday the inception of the new Syrian-Turkish Strategic Cooperation Council, which was created during Syrian President Bashar Assad's recent visit to Turkey. Syrian and Turkish ministers meeting in Aleppo on Tuesday outlined the agreement between...

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The Spanish Prime Minister starts a three day trip to the Middle East The Spanish Prime Minister was in Damascus at the start of a three day visit to the Middle East on Wednesday. José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero took the...