“Patience,” Mohammed Eissa told himself. He whispered it every time he felt like giving up. The sun was brutal, reflecting off the thick layer of salt encrusting the barren earth around Lac Assal, a lake 10 times saltier than the ocean. Nothing grows here. Birds are said to fall dead...

Infections and deaths from the new virus in China ballooned for a second straight day Friday, on paper at least, as officials near the epicenter of the outbreak struggled to keep up with a backlog of patients’ lab work. The acceleration in cases was not necessarily an indicator of a...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) said 167 Syrian citizens, including 77 children, have died due to the cold in Syria since March 2011, appealing for relief for nearly 800,000 recently forcibly displaced persons due to the ongoing Russian-led regime offensive...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A regime helicopter was shot down and its crew killed Friday in Syria's northwest, such an escalation sparks Bashar al-Assad's fears as rebels have downed the second helicopter in three days in northwestern Syria. Videos posted online show a helicopter spiraling...