While the Covid-19 pandemic has killed more than 180,000 people worldwide and infected more than 2.5 million, Syria has officially reported relatively few cases. If the epidemic were to worsen there, the death toll would be all the higher as the country, still under international sanctions,...

Long a lifeline for families back home, migrant workers in oil-rich Gulf Arab states now find themselves trapped by the coronavirus pandemic, losing jobs, running out of money and desperate to return to their home countries as COVID-19 stalks their labor camps. Whether on the island of...

Israel's coalition deal between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz breaks a year-long deadlock but has pitfalls -- from power sharing mechanisms to West Bank policy and the premier's corruption charges. Monday's agreement for a unity government, signed by Netanyahu and...

Syrian air defenses have opened fire and shot down several missiles launched by Israeli warplanes Monday night near the central historic town of Palmyra, state media said. Syrian state TV gave no further details about the attacks saying they are still ongoing. Israel has in the...