Public anger mounts in Iran as the economy deteriorates under US sanctions, with the national currency hitting record lows and hopes for nuclear deal negotiations fading.

Assad’s ouster has seen his Iranian allies end crucial oil supplies. Meanwhile, many economic sanctions that initially ...

Syria's new rulers are combing through the billion-dollar corporate empires of ousted president Bashar al-Assad's allies, and ...

Syria's new rulers are combing through the billion-dollar corporate empires of ousted president Bashar al-Assad's allies, and have held talks with some of these tycoons, in what they say is a campaign ...

Milton Friedman once wrote that economic sanctions are not an effective weapon ... they are fleeing hunger, poverty and hopelessness. The new administration has a chance to address these root ...

Economic Strain from Sanctions on Russia The European Union is facing serious economic difficulties due to its decision to ...

The modest recovery of recent years fails to mask Venezuela’s crisis: a shattered productive structure, poverty levels nearly ...

For Syria's post-regime change future to be successful, the head of the Catholic Church's leading humanitarian and social service confederation has one clear message: End the sanctions now.

Following years of authoritarian rule and withering economic sanctions, President Nicolás ... which has has pushed millions into poverty, stunted hungry children's growth and driven entire ...

Syria’s relations with Iran and Russia remain an open wound for its people after the nations backed autocratic President ...

Despite Syrian President Bashar Assad's ouster last month in a lightning insurgency, the country’s dire economic conditions ...