Saudi Arabia has offered Russia economic incentives including a major arms deal and a pledge not to challenge Russian gas sales if Moscow scales back support for the Syrian government, Middle East sources and Western diplomats says.
Lebanon’s grand Mufti Sheikh Mohammad Rashid Qabbani has called on Sunnis and Shias to bolster unity and refrain from violence.
Two years after relentless support for terrorist groups in Syria, now Washington and Ankara voice concerns about aiding anti-Damascus extremists involved in the crisis in the country.
At least five people have been killed and dozens more wounded after terrorists in Syria launched a mortar attack on the holy shrine of Sayyidah Zaynab in a Damascus suburb.
Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has attended the Eid al-Fitr prayers in Damascus to end rumors that his motorcade came under mortar attacks earlier in the capital.
Muslims in numerous countries celebrated Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, on Thursday while other nations will observe the joyous occasion on Friday.
Syrian troops have intercepted and defused several bombs weighing one and half a ton during their clashes with foreign backed militants near suburb of northwestern city of Idlib.
The war in Syria poses the greatest threat to US security because of the risk of the government falling and the country becoming a weapons-rich haven for Al-Qaeda, a CIA official says.
Yemen said Wednesday it had foiled an Al-Qaeda plot to storm a Western-run oil terminal and seize a port city, as a terror alert kept US Middle East missions closed.
The National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) has taken delivery of four new supertankers in recent weeks in the face of US-led sanctions against Iran’s energy sector.