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Assad speaks in Damascus, Syria, November 9, 2019.

Analysis Assad Bets on the Wealthy to Bounce Syria Back From Economic Collapse

Since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis, the country has lost more than $775 million a month, or about $26 million a day, and Russia is waiting for payment

Rami Makhlouf, a cousin of President Bashar Assad of Syria and one of the country's wealthiest businessmen, attends an event to inaugurate a hotel project in Damascus, on April 24, 2010.

Syrian Government Orders Seizure of Assets of Assad's Cousin Makhlouf

Rami Makhlouf, a maternal cousin of Assad, played a big role in financing Assad's war effort in the conflict under way since 2011, Western officials have said

A boy plays in a neighborhood heavily damaged by airstrikes in Idlib, March 12, 2020

Syria's Warring Parties Agree to Geneva Talks, UN Envoy Says

The UN special envoy said that the meeting will take place as soon as the coronavirus crisis allows

Workers spray disinfectant to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, on a street lined with billboards showing Syrian President Bashar Assad, in Qamishli, Syria, March 24, 2020.

Cousin of Syria's Assad Faces Legal Action Over Telecom Fiscal Debt

A new video by Makhlouf, the third in less than a month, is another hint of a rumored major rift in the tight-knit Assad family

Airstrikes in East Syria Kill Iran-backed Fighters, Opposition Activists Say

The strikes late Saturday targeted a base near the border town of Boukamal, killing seven fighters, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

Tariq al-Obeid, displaced from the eastern countryside of Idlib, Syria, shows a lesson for his children on a mobile phone in Kelly, a town in northern Idlib, April 13, 2020.

Online English Classes Revive Ties Severed by War in Syria

Some 500,000 students in opposition-held areas are estimated to have joined online education programs according to a local NGO

Russian S-400 air defense missile systems at the Hmeimim airbase in Syria, November 2015.

Why Syria Isn’t Firing Its S-300 Missiles at Israeli Jets

The incredible behind-the-scenes story of how Iran’s Soleimani eliminated Hezbollah’s top commander – who dared to say no

Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters through a screen in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon February 16, 2020.

Hezbollah's Nasrallah: Israel's Actions in Syria Not Reason for Withdrawing Forces

Israel defense sources claimed over the weekend that Iran had begun withdrawing its forces from Syria and down-scaling support for Hezbollah as result of Israeli strikes