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Syria says a large bus explosion Thursday near a shrine frequented by Iranian Shiites was caused by excessive tire pressure, not terrorism.
A bus exploded in a busy Damascus suburb causing dozens of casualties, Al Jazeera television reported on Thursday.
Damascus - Speaking after a meeting with Iran's nuclear negotiator in Damascus, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday reiterated his support for Iran's right to nuclear technology and to enrich uranium. Al-Assad and Saeed Jalili, the secretary...
The newly elected chemical weapons chief says he will pursue the last seven holdouts — including Israel, Egypt and Syria — to get them to sign a disarmament treaty and submit weapons stockpiles for inspection.
Syria's interior minister said a blast hit a Damascus suburb on Thursday, and witnesses said it targeted a busload of Iranian pilgrims causing an unconfirmed number of casualties.
SALAMIEH, Syria, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The United Nations, Denmark and drought-stricken Syria collaborated to refurbish a water treatment facility with a reverse osmosis unit.
In well-rehearsed fashion, the four Marines knocked on a farmhouse door, opened it and tossed in a flash grenade before rushing inside. The morning of Nov. 16, 2005, was another day in Operation Steel Curtain to stem the flow of mercenaries entering Iraq from Syria.
“Ottomania,” nostalgia for the glorious history of the Ottoman empire, has seized Turkey, partly as a reaction to the European Union’s seeming cold shoulder.
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When Jan Jeffers, who works in the finance department of Canonsburg Hospital, heard that the Syria Shriners would no longer make their annual Christmas visit with Santa because there was no one
The face of Iraqi farmer Aid Shamkhi darkens as he looks at his parched, weed-strewn ground in the heart of what was once the country's breadbasket.
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Four OPEC nations said they doubt the group will change supply quotas when it meets in Angola later this month because oil prices are at levels members consider satisfactory.
The Dead Sea, renowned for its mineral-rich waters and healing mud, faces the threat of being bled dry by the desert nations of Israel, Jordan, and Syria. Since the 1960s the three nations have been diverting nearly 95 percent of the water from the Jordan River, the Dead Sea's main water source, to supplement its growing agricultural and industrial needs.
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Saudi Arabia , the biggest oil producer in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, said crude oil prices close to their current level of $75 a barrel are satisfactory.
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Saudi Arabia , the biggest oil producer in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, said crude oil prices are satisfactory close to their current level of $75 a barrel.
Israel and Lebanon have more pressing concerns than war with each other, but bickering could escalate to incite war if the US and Europe don't help.
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