Mercenaries from the Wagner Group, a Russian paramilitary organization seen as being close to Vladimir Putin, are fighting in Libya, UN diplomats said Wednesday, citing an experts' report on the country's arms embargo. It was the first time the UN has confirmed claims first made in US media...

 Syrian business tycoon Rami Makhlouf remains at one of his homes in Syria, despite publicly criticising President Bashar al-Assad in a rare display of dissent by a key member of the country's ruling family, Middle East Eye has learnt. Makhlouf, who is also Assad's cousin, is...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian Health Ministry has put under quarantine a family of four members after father was tested positive for the novel coronavirus, local news site said on Wednesday. The confirmed case was reported in the district of Kafr Batna in the eastern enclave of Damascus....

Israeli airstrikes in eastern Syria killed 14 Iranian and Iraqi fighters and wounded others, some seriously, an opposition war monitoring group said Tuesday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the late Monday strikes in eastern Deir el-Zour province targeted...