Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government Wednesday condemned new financial sanctions that the US is due to impose this month, arguing they will increase hardships in a country deep in economic crisis. The Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2019, a US law that aims to sanction any...

The worst of the coronavirus pandemic has passed but declaring victory against the disease would be premature, Lebanon's health minister said Monday, as the country gradually opened up. "I think the worst-case scenario has passed and is behind us, but at the same time we need to stay alert...

Nations around the world have watched in horror at the  civil unrest in the United States following the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after a white police officer pressed his knee on his neck until he stopped breathing.  Racism-tinged events no longer startle even...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Lebanese Internal Security has arrested Syrian activist Fawaz al-Marsoumi in the northern city of Tripoli, local news site said Saturday. No further details were revealed about the arrest of al-Marsoumi who fled his hometown in eastern Deir Ezzor province to Lebanon...