Syria's ruling Baath party and its allies have won a majority in parliamentary elections, results announced Tuesday by the electoral commission showed. President Bashar al-Assad's party and allies took 177 seats out of 250 in Sunday's polls, the third such elections since the start of the...

Iran recorded 229 fatalities from the coronavirus on Tuesday, the highest single-day death toll since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country in mid-February. Health Ministry spokesperson Sima Sadat Lari said 2,625 additional cases were registered over the past 24 hours, bringing the...

Those seeking a military solution in Libya will be frustrated, as only a political solution will work, Turkey’s foreign minister said on Tuesday in the West African country of Niger. "The only solution in Libya is a political solution. We've been saying the same thing since the...

A pioneering academic at Lebanon's most distinguished university, Charlotte Karam has enjoyed professional success that has made her decision to leave the country all the more heart-wrenching. An associate professor at the American University of Beirut (AUB), she has founded a centre to...