Dr Zaher Sahloul has been here before. He has worked in hospitals where medical staff die because they are not protected, where wards are so overloaded with critical patients that the corridors fill with beds, and where doctors have to make decisions about who lives and who dies because they...

A young Syrian girl died in Lebanon after she was reportedly beaten by her father, security forces said Tuesday. The girl aged around six was dead on arrival at a hospital in the northern city of Tripoli in the early hours of Tuesday, the Internal Security Forces (ISF) reported....

The United Nations on Tuesday condemned the heavy shelling of Tripoli's Al Khadra General Hospital at a time when people need "functioning medical facilities," saying it was a "clear violation of international law." Jens Laerke, spokesman for the UN Office for the Coordination of...

Turkey’s parliament discussed a prisoner release law on Tuesday which aims to ease overcrowding in jails and protect detainees from the coronavirus, but which critics slam for excluding people jailed on terrorism charges in a post-coup crackdown. The bill, proposed by President Tayyip...