The number of global novel coronavirus cases surpassed 6.91 million, while the death toll topped 400,000 mark on Sunday, according to a running tally by the US-based Johns Hopkins University. The data showed that the worldwide number of recoveries exceeded 3.09 million. The US remains...

At least 12 pro-Iranian fighters died in strikes by unidentified aircraft on eastern Syria late Saturday evening, a war monitor said. "Eight air strikes before midnight on Saturday night targeted a base of pro-Iranian forces in rural eastern Deir Ezzor (province), killing 12 Iraqi and...

Lebanon is once again caught between a rock and a hard place as the US adds more painful measures to penalize any country or individuals who knowingly conduct financial activities that benefit the Syrian regime. Better known as Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act, this law which was...

A Russian drive to recruit Syrians to fight in Libya for militia leader Khalifa Haftar accelerated in May when hundreds of mercenaries were signed up, five Syrian opposition sources and a regional source familiar with the matter said. Private military contractor Wagner Group is conducting...