Aljazeera.com - US sanctions against Iran are causing fuel shortages in government-held parts of Syria. Iranian ally the Lebanese Hezbollah group is also being prevented from sending fuel to Syria. The sanctions are working in favour of Russia, which is looking to step in and fill the gap in supply. Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr reports from Beirut....

Reuters - Syria has suffered oil shortages since an Iranian credit line was halted six months ago and not one oil tanker has reached the country since then, a pro-government newspaper said on Wednesday, as a fuel crisis worsened. Syrians say shortages grew more acute a week ago: hundreds of cars waited in line at one Damascus petrol station on Wednesday,...