Al-Hammouri told IPS that at least 25 percent of the 1,000 Palestinian shops in the Old City were closed in recent years as a result of high municipal taxes and a lack of customers. “Taxation is an ...

Assad’s leadership quickly descended into authoritarianism, marked by mass repression and a devastating civil war. This video ...

A panel of experts investigating and documenting crimes committed by the old regime share their experiences of working in the ...

Wassim Assad, who had long appeared on US sanctions lists for supporting armed groups and financing the trade of Captagon, an ...