Local authorities in northwest Syria are replacing the plummeting Syrian pound with the Turkish lira to shield their opposition-held region from economic collapse, an official said Monday. The Salvation Government -- an administrative body linked to the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham jihadist group...

Yemeni qat seller Hamdan Hussein's customers still come daily to the crowded market to buy the addictive green stimulant, despite doctors' concerns that chewing in groups and spitting it could spread the new coronavirus. The vast majority of Yemeni men - and many women - chew the leaves for...

The last resident of her tiny mountain village in Kosovo, 92-year-old Vladica Dicic could not survive without the visits of a generous shopkeeper who has been bringing her food and easing her loneliness. But what some find especially remarkable about their friendship is that Dicic is a...

While many of the world's markets have closed to curb the spread of coronavirus, in Yemen's capital Sanaa, downtown districts selling qat -- the ubiquitous mild narcotic -- still bustle with people. Flouting social distancing rules, Yemenis jostle to select bunches of the chewable leaf...