Afghanistan requests import of oil and wheat from Russia

Afghanistan is looking to boost its trade ties with Moscow after years of not doing so under the former US-backed administration

Russia offers monthly donation of 40,000 tons of wheat for Lebanon

Lebanon has been dealing with bread shortages over recent months, in the latest dilemma to hit the crisis-hit nation

Wheat shortages threaten Syria as US army loots natural resources

Russia and China sharply rebuked the 'bandit behavior' of the US, whose troops have stolen hundreds of trucks filled with Syrian oil and wheat over the past year alone

US occupation troops steal wheat from Syria to send to Iraq

In addition to stealing Syrian wheat supplies, the US military has also been stealing Syrian oil

Russia FM visits Turkey, puts forward plan to ease wheat crisis

Russia claims Soviet-era mines placed in the Black Sea by Ukraine are preventing safe passage of grain exports to the world

World Bank approves loan to support Lebanon’s wheat imports

The Islamic Republic of Iran has previously offered to provide the crisis-hit nation with wheat to avert a food crisis

Lebanese government ignores Russian wheat, oil offer despite crisis: Report

Russia also offers to sell fuel to power Lebanon's power plants, pricing the sales in Lebanese liras instead of foreign currencies

Lebanon extends credit line for wheat at last minute to avert crisis

The release of funds comes days after the bread-making industry announced there was no wheat left in storage and their factories had stopped producing bread

Oxfam: Palestinian wheat stocks could soon run out due to the Ukraine crisis

The Palestinian Authority imports 95 percent of the wheat sold in the occupied territories, but has no storage facilities

Lebanon’s wheat reserves empty due to manufactured crisis

A multitude of avoidable circumstances have led to the lack of wheat supplies in Lebanon, forcing bakers to shut down operations

Tehran ready to provide wheat to Lebanon: Iranian FM

The Iranian official also said that the Islamic Republic is ready to build two power plants in Lebanon

Lebanese mills running out of wheat as Lebanon, Syria head towards food crisis

The Russian-Ukrainian conflict is raising fears of major shortages in the global wheat supply

Syria’s grain harvest decimated by US-sponsored war, climate change: FAO

Western sanctions and rampant security issues related to the presence of foreign occupation troops have slashed Syria's grain output significantly

Mustafa Al-Kadhimi: The Iraqi PM who did nothing

Following his meteoric rise in Iraqi politics, what has been the legacy of Mustafa al-Kadhimi, and whose interests did he really serve?

Syrian army blocks advance of US convoy in Qamishli region

The US State Department claims the presence of its troops in Syria is to prevent oilfields from falling into the hands of ISIS

Russia will deliver humanitarian aid to Lebanon

The US embassy in Lebanon has on several occasions tried to block the crisis-hit nation from accepting aid from nations like Russia, Iran, and China

US army and Syrian proxies training to ‘defeat ISIS’ in oil rich region

The US and its 'international coalition' forces have used hundreds of trucks to ship Syria's stolen oil to US bases and its allies in Iraq

What to expect at the Arab League Summit in Algiers

Algeria's strong anti-colonial stance and ties to Russia, Syria and Iran ensures that the upcoming Arab League Summit in Algiers will be anything but business-as-usual

US sets up new military base in Syria

While Syria struggles through a severe energy shortage, US occupation forces steal over 80 percent of the nation's oil each day

US steals new batch of Syrian oil as Damascus reports $107bln in losses since 2011

US occupation troops control the vast majority of Syria's oil fields with the help of the SDF

Lebanon’s central bank chief guilty of embezzling millions in public funds

Official documents show Riad Salameh laundered millions using real estate owned by shell companies linked to his close relatives, and did so with full impunity from other central bank authorities

US embassy tweet sparks outrage in Lebanon

Lebanese citizens are up in arms over the US embassy latest violation of the nation's sovereignty

Syrian army blocks US occupation convoy in northeastern Syria

Damascus considers that the Pentagon's actions in Syria are encouraging terrorist activity, with the aim to destabilize the country and loot its wealth

Syria denies US accusation of holding journalist Austin Tice captive

The Syrian foreign ministry also denied having any secret ties with US officials

A Eurasian jigsaw: BRI and INSTC interconnectivity will complete the puzzle

Shrugging off western obstacles, Eurasia's ambitious connectivity projects helmed by China and Russia are now progressing deep into Asia's Heartland

USAID earmarks $29.5mln for Lebanon to counter aid offers from Iran and Russia

The donation from Washington comes at a time when both Moscow and Tehran are awaiting a response from Lebanese officials to provide the country with grain and fuel

Over 200 oil tankers escorted out of Syria by US troops within two days

Syria currently relies on Iranian fuel shipments to meets its energy demands, as the nation's vast oil fields remain under the control of US occupation troops

Washington steals over 80 percent of Syria’s oil output per day

The losses incurred by the trafficking campaign surpass $100bln, according to Syria's oil ministry

US army persists with oil trafficking campaign in northern Syria

Washington's theft of Syria's natural resources has aggravated a humanitarian crisis caused by 11 years of war and sanctions

Russia targets extremist group hiding inside US military base in Syria

This marks the second time in two months that Russia bombs the US-occupied base, which is used to train extremist armed groups