Syrian President Bashar al Assad said billions of dollars of deposits held by his countrymen in Lebanon's financial sector that were blocked after a major financial crisis were a main cause of Syria's deepening economic crisis. Lebanese banks, fearing capital flight and grappling with an...

Jordan reported 62 new deaths from COVID-19 on Wednesday, the highest daily death toll since the pandemic surfaced in the Middle Eastern kingdom nearly eight months ago. The health ministry also reported 4,658 new confirmed coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours - from 4,833 on Tuesday and...

Italian officials agreed on Wednesday to impose a night-time curfew, joining a slew of European nations in ramping up restrictions in the face of a dramatic surge in coronavirus cases. But the measure, which restricts Italians to their homes between 10:00 pm and 5:00 am, fell short of the...

Israel's army has demolished the homes of nearly 80 Palestinian Bedouins in the occupied West Bank, officials and witnesses said Wednesday, in a rare operation targeting an entire community at once. Late Tuesday, Israeli bulldozers razed the village -- including tents, sheds, portable...