Syria, Russia to reaffirm strategic and historical relationsSyrian Foreign Minister Faisal al-Mekdad and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on Saturday reaffirmed the strategic and historical relations between the two countries, and also expressed the willingness to carry them out in much more fields.

The tropical storm Ian is now more organizedThe tropical storm Ian, now more organized, is currently moving westward across the central Caribbean Sea, at 22 km/hour, with the potential to affect Jamaica, Cayman Islands, and Cuba, the Institute of Meteorology reported on Saturday.