The Epidemiological Surveillance Laboratory of the Assistance Coordination Unit (ACU) has reported 107 new infected cases of Covid-19 in the liberated areas in northern Syria, bringing the number of cases so far to 1927. Twenty cases of recovery have been registered, with a total of 1024...

Iraq's finance minister said Thursday there is growing political will to undertake drastic reforms needed for the country to tackle a daunting liquidity crisis, which has pushed Iraq to the brink of collapse. "There is more will now than there was five months ago," Finance Minister Ali...

The Kurdish-led forces controlling northeast Syria Thursday freed more than 600 Syrian prisoners detained over links to Daesh (ISIS). The 631 detainees had been held on terrorism charges and were the first batch released in an amnesty deal announced recently following calls from Arab tribes...

Israel has approved the construction of thousands of settlement units in the occupied West Bank. "The Higher Planning Council [HPC] of the Civil Administration approved 4,948 settlement units in a couple dozen plans on 14 and 15 October 2020," Israeli Peace Now, a rights group that...