The reopening of outdoor bars and restaurants will go ahead on May 19, Health Minister Olivier Veran said on Monday, as the number of Covid-19 cases in intensive care eases.  "The prospects look rather good but we must not let down the guard," Véran told LCI television. The number...

  The Syrian military intelligence arrested a senior army commander over links with the U.S. forces and Kurdish-led militias in northeastern Syria, sources told Zaman al-Wasl Sunday.   Maj. Gen Nizar Ahmed Al-Khader, commander of the 17th Division and the head of the Security...

MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid missed its chance to go top of the Spanish league with only three rounds left by drawing 2-2 with Sevilla at home on Sunday, keeping rival Atlético Madrid in first place. Atlético, which drew 0-0 with Barcelona at the Camp Nou Stadium on Saturday and is chasing...

An explosion rocked an oil tanker off the coast of Tartus on Sunday, causing a small fire in one of its engines, state media said. The fire on the ship - off the coast of Syria's Mediterranean port of Banias - was extinguished by the crew quickly with no casualties, it said....