Khaled Yacoub Oweis

Pro-Iranian militias are interlinked with the booming trade

Overnight strikes were carried out alongside attacks across the border in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, a Hezbollah stronghold

US is urging the Lebanese army to take a bigger role once the Hezbollah-Israel war ends

Weekend attack on Iran seen as a win-win for Israel and US, leaving Tehran with no good options

Iran's defences have failed to shield against Israel's advanced air capabilities

The 1994 agreement was an against-the-odds triumph of trust and goodwill. But a year of conflict is casting a shadow over its future

Soldier killed and seven wounded in Israeli air strikes on Damascus and Homs

Mr Hamsho is a central figure in Assad regime's business network and was previously seen as untouchable

Military says it assassinated the leader of the group's financial division and will not allow the militants to 'regroup and rearm'

Khaled Meshaal led Hamas's exit from Syria and sought to keep channels with Arab allies of Washington open

Target said to have been a Hezbollah weapons depot

Silence from Damascus since group's leader was killed signals President has much to worry about

Mustafa Hamarneh tells The National that people on both sides who want to co-exist could create a 'paradigm shift'

The attack comes a day after an Israeli missile strike on a building in Damascus killed ten people

The Israeli military is upping pressure in an attempt to prevent Syria becoming another active front in the fighting