Many hospitals need urgent reconstruction, but sanctions are preventing them from importing critical equipment It has been a month since US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Caesar Act sanctions coming into play as policy on 17 June.  There has been a clear mismatch in US...

A Syrian woman was killed and her baby child wounded  Wednesday due to crossfire between Turkish-backed factions in northern Afrin city. According to Zaman al-Wasl correspondent, heavy clashes erupted on Wednesday evening between rebel groups operating in the Jaish al-Sharqiya...

Lebanon's hospitals, long considered among the best in the Middle East, are cracking under the country's financial crisis, struggling to pay staff, keep equipment running or even stay open amid a surge in coronavirus cases. Private hospitals, the engine of the health system, warn they may...

The United Nations envoy on Yemen called on Thursday for a transparent investigation into air strikes that killed at least 11 civilians in al-Jawf province, saying resurgent violence is complicating U.N.-led efforts to end the five-year war. Security is deteriorating anew as Yemen faces...