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Unemployment crisis: Syria’s downtrodden flock to Lebanon for work

Huddled under Beirut's concrete bridges and around street corners are thousands of Syrian men who have left home and crossed the border in recent months in the hope of finding work as day labourers.

May 26, 2012 9:44

EU bans Syrian president’s wife from travel, shopping

The European Union banned the wife of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from travelling to the EU or shopping with European companies in a move to stop her buying the Chanel dresses and Louboutin shoes she apparently craves.

March 24, 2012 3:33

Syria e-mail hack points to new level of “information war”

Whether Syrian rebels hacked President al-Assad's e-mails themselves or with the help of Western spies or "hactivists", the release of these messages points to a new era of information warfare.

March 18, 2012 10:53

Syrian Turmoil Erodes Confidence And Savings

Bankers say Syria's central bank is reluctant to continue the kind of major intervention in support of the pound that it is believed to have carried out in the first eight months of the unrest, as it seeks to reduce depletion of its foreign reserves, estimated at $17 billion before the protests began.

March 17, 2012 8:50