The ongoing attacks by Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria and its allies forced some 151,000 civilians to flee their homes in Idlib, a de-escalation zone in northwestern Syria, over the last week, according to sources on the ground. Mohammad Hallaj, director of Syria's Response Coordination...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- About 30,000 students have returned to classes in northeastern Syria after a shutdown followed the Turkish military operation last October, a local official told Zaman al-Wasl Monday. Yasser Shalit, director Education Office in Tel Abyad Council, said that 277...

 Major banks in Lebanon began tightening banking controls this month, halving the amount of dollars depositors are allowed to withdraw every month, despite growing public anger. Faced with a dollar liquidity crunch, banks have imposed informal controls on dollar withdrawals and...

The United States has requested a closed door UN Security Council meeting Thursday for President Donald Trump's son-in-law and adviser, Jared Kushner, to present the administration's new Mideast peace plan, diplomatic sources told AFP Monday. Kushner intends to set forth the plan that...