The European Union will host an extraordinary meeting of health ministers Thursday, along with a WHO envoy, to discuss the novel coronavirus outbreak. So far, only around 30 cases of the new strain have been detected in Europe, but the World Health Organisation warns that cases outside...

A Russian delegation returned to Turkey Monday for further talks over rising tensions in Syria's northwestern Idlib province, after an initial round last week failed to yield results, Turkey's foreign minister said. An airstrike in a nearby rebel-held region, meanwhile, killed nine people...

Russian and regime bombardment on the last major rebel enclave in Syria has killed 29 civilians in a day, a monitor said Monday, as the regime's inexorable northward push raises tensions with Turkey. Six children were among nine civilians killed early Monday in raids on the village of Abin...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian National Army backed by Turkish artillery barrages launched major attack to retake the strategic town of Sarqab in northern Idlib province, such an attack followed heavy Turkish reinforcements, local activists said Monday. The Syrian regiem force captured...