The path to a new Lebanese government is completely blocked, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said in comments published on Tuesday, but he held out hope that French President Emmanuel Macron might be able to help in a forthcoming visit. Fractious politicians have been unable to agree on a...

The bread crisis continues all over Syria, and while the people stand for hours in queues to get their rations of a staple of their diet, the regime’s Minister of Local Trade and Consumer Protection Talal Barazi spoke out not with promises to solve the crisis but with to vow harsh punishment...

A record number of journalists were behind bars this year, a US-based watchdog said Tuesday, accusing governments worldwide of suppressing the media and fueling misinformation amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The annual report by the Committee to Protect Journalists found that 274 journalists...

 Turkish forces neutralized at least four more YPG fighters in northern Syria, Turkey’s National Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. The Kurdishh militantats were attempting to disrupt peace in the Operation Euphrates Shield region and were neutralized in an operation by Turkish...