Germany said on Friday a month-long lockdown had brought the coronavirus pandemic under control, announcing plans to manufacture 50 million masks a week ahead of the first steps to loosen restrictions. Smaller shops will be allowed to reopen from Monday and some children could soon return...

Iran’s death toll from the new coronavirus rose by 89 in the past 24 hours to reach 4,958 on Friday, health ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur said on state TV. The total number of cases of infection reached 79,494, of which 3,563 were in critical condition, he said. A parliamentary...

The World Health Organization is urging Middle East and North African governments to "seize the opportunity" to combat the coronavirus while numbers of cases in the region are still relatively low. "We have to seize the opportunity to act in the region because the rise in cases was not so...

  (Photos)- Zaman al-Wasl has obtained photos of 24 Generals who were promoted by Bashar al-Assad since January in a reward for the crimes  they committed  against the Syrian people in nine years. Most of the promoted generals come from Bashar al-Assad's...