(Zaman Al Wasl)- Leishmaniasis disease has spread in eastern Deir Ezzor province as tens of cases have been recorded in health centers, local news site said Tuesday. Deir Ezzor 24 said the ‘intracellular protozoan parasite’ spread in the eastern countryside  of  the...

Russia said Tuesday it was bewildered by a Turkish pledge to conduct a new military operation in northern Syria if the area was not cleared of people Ankara calls terrorists, warning that any such move would damage efforts to stabilize the region. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu...

Israel's air defences intercepted four rockets fired from neighbouring Syria on Tuesday, the army said, prompting reported retaliatory missile strikes against the source of the fire. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the rockets were fired from positions around the capital held...

Explosions were heard near the airport in the Syrian capital of Damascus, state television said early on Tuesday. No further details were immediately available regarding the nature of the explosions and their source. Meanwhile,  Israel's anti-missile defence system...