LONDON (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization’s Eastern Mediterranean region told staff in an email that he is “very disturbed” by allegations reported by The Associated Press that the U.N. health agency’s Syria director misspent millions, abused staff and violated the...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi returned to Tehran early Wednesday after competing in South Korea without wearing a headscarf, an act widely seen as support for anti-government demonstrators amid weeks of protests over the Islamic Republic's mandatory hijab....

Dozens of residents of the "Euphrates Shield" and "Olive Branch" areas, northeast of Aleppo province, went out on Sunday in demonstrations in several towns and villages, expressing their refusal the control of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham" (formerly known as Nusra Front) on several towns in the...

A local relief group documented the toll of violations committed against civilians due to the rebel infighting that took place in the northern and eastern countryside of Aleppo over the past days. The Syria Response Coordinators Team confirmed that at least 5 civilians were killed and 38...