(AP) — With coronavirus cases surging and families hoping to gather safely for Thanksgiving, long lines to get tested have reappeared across the U.S. — a reminder that the nation’s testing system remains unable to keep pace with the virus. The delays are happening as the country...

As Joe Biden is declared President-elect of the US, it is clear he has many matters to tackle. From containing coronavirus and managing the economic fall-out, to working to unite the country and begin to heal race relations after the spotlight on systemic racism earlier in the year, there is an...

By  Patricia Karam (The Hill)- After nearly a decade of war, Syrians have endured more than 500,000 deaths, over 200 chemical attacks, 12 million displacements, and nearly 130,000 recorded disappearances. Although the Assad regime’s stranglehold on the state persists, small...

On Nov. 13, 1970, a young air force officer from the coastal hills of Syria launched a bloodless coup. It was the latest in a succession of military takeovers since independence from France in 1946, and there was no reason to think it would be the last. Yet 50 years later, Hafez Assad’s...