Secretary of State John Kerry criticized Russia for its role in Syria’s civil war saying they undermined a negotiated settlement by increasing military aid to the Assad regime. Norah O’Donnell reports …
Jordan to isolate city near Syria after coronavirus spike
Jordan will seal off a city near the Syrian border from Monday following the largest daily rise in four months in coronavirus infections, which officials say have come mainly from its northern …
Coronavirus Watch in Mideast: COVID-19 cases in Saudi Arabia near 300,000; Record of daily infections in Iraq renewed
A Syrian man undergoes a COVID-19 test in the capital Damascus, on Aug. 16, 2020. (Xinhua/Ammar Safarjalani) –COVID-19 cases in Saudi Arabia nudge 300,000; –Iraq sees new record of daily 4,348 …
Trump Administration Eyes New Phase of Syria Sanctions
The Trump administration is readying new rounds of sanctions against Syria, planning to expand its blacklist by focusing on financial-support networks outside the nation in a renewed effort to coerce …
Saudi strongman ‘encouraged’ Russia intervention in Syria, lawsuit claims
In the summer of 2015 Mohammed bin Salman, then Saudi defence minister and third in line to the throne, turned his country’s foreign policy on its head and gave a covert green light for Russia’s …
COVID-19 Has Hit Syria’s Biggest ISIS Prison Camp, US General Says
The COVID-19 pandemic has reached into the sprawling and overcrowded Al Hol prison camp in northeastern Syria, further complicating the continuing U.S. campaign to eliminate the Islamic State, the …
I fled war in Syria to the UK – now I’m helping other refugees like me cope with the coronavirus pandemic
Fleeing the Assad regime in Syria was a difficult yet brave decision. I had to say goodbye to my home, to rebuild my life away from violence, terror, and tyranny. After living in a country torn apart …
Second Egyptian doctor dies in Kuwait from COVID-19 complications
Expatriate returning from Egypt, Syria, and Lebanon arrive to be re-tested at a Kuwaiti health ministry containment and screening zone for COVID-19 coronavirus disease in Kuwait City on March 16, 2020 …
IS proliferating in Syria – US general
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Elements of the Islamic State (IS) group are working to rebuild in western Syria, where the United States has little visibility or presence, the top United States commander for the …
Trump wrote to Assad about journalist missing in Syria: Pompeo
US President Donald Trump personally wrote to his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad about the case of journalist Austin Tice, who has been missing since 2012, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said …