In central Syria, factory owner Rashid al-Faysal watches his staff working tirelessly to churn out a controversial antimalarial drug that Damascus hopes can help treat the novel coronavirus. There is no proof yet hydroxychloroquine works to prevent or cure COVID-19, but Syrian doctors have...

As dusk settles on the forest of gutted buildings around them, Tareq Abu Ziad and his family break the Ramadan fast on the remains of their home. The northern Syrian town of Ariha looks like the scene of a monster earthquake -- a silent, grey sea of loose cinder blocks and mangled iron...

Paris St-Germain (PSG) star forward Neymar has thanked an 8-year-old Syrian child for his love and support as expressed with the help of Anadolu Agency. ''Hello, thank you for supporting me, my heart is with you and your family. God bless you, goodbye," football star Neymar said to Hamis el...

At a quarantine centre in war-torn northern Syria, doctors near the Turkish frontier are providing a first line of defence to prevent the new coronavirus from spreading to one of the world’s most vulnerable populations. The centre was set up last month in the countryside of Jisr al...