Category: 3. Middle East

Syria’s top diplomat said Wednesday that lifting economic sanctions imposed during the rule of ousted president Bashar al-Assad was “key” to restoring stability in the war-torn country.

For weeks, Syria’s new authorities have been lobbying Western…

Iranian Vice President Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday his government had put off enforcing the country’s strict Islamic dress code in order “not to put women under pressure”.

Covering the neck and head and dressing modestly became…

“Here’s a good first line for you,” says VOA photojournalist Yan Boechat as we drive up to a former ruling party office in Damascus.

On the building are murals depicting Hafez al-Assad, the deceased dictator of Syria,…

French officials said Wednesday the body of a young man from Yemen had been found on a beach in northern France from where many migrants seek to cross the channel in small boats to England.

The body was not far from the water on the sandy beach in…

After more than a year hiding in tunnels and dodging air strikes, uniformed Hamas fighters returned to the ruined streets of Gaza hours into a ceasefire, defying Israel’s vow to crush them.

With the world watching on Sunday as Hamas handed over…