The Syrian pound continued its course towards collapse, for the fifth day in a row, to record an unprecedented exchange rate against the dollar and the euro, during Thursday's trading. In the outcome of daily transactions, and compared to the closing prices of the previous day, the “Aleppo...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The agreement the United Nations reached with Syria to reopen the main border crossing from Turkey to its rebel-held northwest for six months “safeguards” the independence of U.N. operations and allows it to provide aid to all parties, the U.N. said Wednesday. The...

  Bashar Assad slammed Turkey in comments published Wednesday, blaming Ankara for the uptick in violence in his war-torn country and insisting on the withdrawal of Turkish forces from Syria. Assad spoke in an interview with Sky News Arabia, his first interview with a foreign media...

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that it is tracking multiple variants of the coronavirus, including the EG.5 strain that is spreading in the US and UK.
 "WHO is currently tracking several COVID-19 variants including EG.5, for which we are publishing a risk evaluation...