An Oscar-nominated Syrian filmmaker is testifying in a German trial against a Syrian intelligence officer who he alleges sexually assaulted him during prolonged torture in a Damascus detention centre in 2011. Feras Fayyad will join over 20 Syrian torture victims who will be testifying in...

A 22-Syrian university student died from COVID-19 on Thursday in Gaziantep province southeastern Turkey, family and activists said. Osama Hasso was a student in the economy school and the son of the Syrian journalist Alaa el-Din Hasso.   Turkey on Thursday confirmed 1,186...

Sebastian Vettel said Thursday that Ferrari had not offered him a contract to stay with them beyond this season, adding that their split, announced in May, was clearly not by mutual consent. In a controlled official pre-race video news conference ahead of this weekend's season-opening...

Major retailers in Lebanon announced Thursday they will temporarily shut down in the face of an increasingly volatile currency market and their inability to set prices while the Lebanese pound plunges against the dollar. Later in the day, owners of the businesses rallied in central Beirut...