DAMASCUS--After a thirteen-year hiatus in holding exhibitions in Syria, Hala al-Faisal returned to the art scene through a solo exhibition that included new and old paintings, spanning a long period from the beginning of the third millennium until today. The exhibition is being held in...

The United Nations has voiced deep concern over the escalating violence in northwestern Syria, which poses an increasing risk to civilians. Farhan Haq, the deputy spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said the ongoing fighting caused the death and injury to dozens of...

The shortages and currency crunch in Lebanon could lead to a collapse of the mains water supply in Lebanon within a month, the UN's Children Fund warned Friday. "More than four million people, including one million refugees, are at immediate risk of losing access to safe water in Lebanon,"...

 Syrian regime artillery shells struck a village in the last rebel enclave in the country on Thursday, killing seven members of the same family, including four children, rescue workers and a war monitor said. The shelling is part of an ongoing military escalation in the area in...