The U.S. government "is unable to provide any routine or emergency consular services to U.S. citizens in Syria," the embassy said. "U.S. citizens in Syria who are in need of emergency assistance to ...

Assad, had used brutal means, including chemical weapons, to claw back territory taken by rebels in the early days of the war, which broke out after Assad violently suppressed the Arab Spring protests ...

Since September, the rial has suffered the ripple effects of hits to Iran's proxies, as well as the November election of ...