Nurses hover over a patient to insert a breathing tube as his condition suddenly deteriorates. ICU beds fill up almost overnight. As one patient dies of the coronavirus and is wheeled out, another is whisked in to take his place. An exhausted doctor leans against a wheelchair for a breather....

The central city of Homs has paid a very high tax from the victims since the revolution erupted in March 2011. The city that the Syrians considered as the capital of their revolution also meant a lot to Bashar al- Assad’s regime. The sectarian mix inside the city, in...

Pfizer Inc said on Wednesday that final results from the late-stage trial of its COVID-19 vaccine show it was 95% effective, adding it had the required two-months of safety data and would apply for emergency U.S. authorization within days. The drugmaker said efficacy of the vaccine...

The Palestinian Authority of president Mahmud Abbas will restore coordination with Israel after severing it in May, a PA minister said Tuesday evening. "In the light of Mahmud Abbas's international contacts... and given the written and verbal commitments we have received from the Israelis,...