U.S. lawmakers have introduced legislation designed to step up financial pressures on Iran. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hill, measures introduced in the House and Senate would target companies investing in Iran's energy sector, while other legislation is targeting Syria.
SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt | Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is likely to meet her counterpart from Syria at a conference on Iraq this week in Egypt, U.S. officials said Wednesday.
The US reassures Lebanon's government that rapprochement with Syria would not be at its expense.
TEL, Syria - Syrian dissident Riad al-Turk urged President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday to lead Syria on the path to democracy or face a political “earthquake” he said could shake Assad’s firm hold on power.
TEHRAN — A hobbling San Miguel-RP Team lost to Syria’s Al Jalaa 80-114 Tuesday, leaving national coach Chot Reyes to carefully weigh his options for the remainder of the 18th Fiba Asia Champions Cup at the Azadi Stadium here.
Iran, Saudi Arabia and Syria are to help Lebanon resolve the current crisis, Iran's Ambassador to Lebanon Mohammad-Reza Sheibani said yesterday.
INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC, which is a major promoter of Syria’s first Islamic bank, hopes to set the bank in motion within three months. “We have already received the licence for the bank from the Syrian regulators,” al-Shaibei said.
A group of powerful Republican law makers have introduced the Syria Accountability and Liberation Act with a view to further clamping down on the regime in Damascus.
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia will be gunning for revenge when they take on Syria in the Asian pre-Olympic Group B match at the MBPJ Stadium in Kelana Jaya tonight.
The United States on Monday strongly urged Syria's President Bashar al-Assad to free jailed writer Michel Kilo and other political activists imprisoned for expressing their personal views.