Damascus - Syria on Saturday strongly denounced Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City and urged the two rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah to adhere to national unity. Syria condemns, with the strongest phrases, this US-backed Israeli terrorism and...
Paris-based Syrian opposition leader Abdel Halim Khaddam has lashed out at Syria's President Bashar al-Assad and the referendum due to renew his term in office later this month.
LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Emerald Energy PLC said it is encouraged by increased oil production at its projects in Colombia following workover activities and by the progress on Khurbet East No.1 in Syria, where drilling commenced in mid-February.
Source: IRIN Hundreds of Palestinian refugees stranded at al-Waleed makeshift camp in no-man's land between the desert borders of Iraq and Syria are living in precarious conditions and people could die if they do not get medical treatment, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on 15 May.
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.
A study released today found that government censorship of websites is increasing worldwide. It identified China, Iran, Myanmar, Syria, Tunisia, and Vietnam as particularly restrictive in censoring political websites. -RFE
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.
Emerald Energy Plc on Friday released an operations update prior to its annual general meeting. contracts include improved fiscal terms. Seismic acquisition is planned to commence during the third quarter of 2007 prior to potential drilling activity in 2008.
Lebanese troops battled militants linked to al Qaeda at a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon on Sunday, security sources and witnesses said.
Lebanese troops fought Palestinian militants with alleged links to al-Qaida in a Palestinian refugee camp in the northern city of Tripoli early Sunday, causing casualties on both sides, security officials and witnesses said.