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Syrian refugees first to lose income in pandemic: UN

Although the COVID-19 pandemic has been hard on everyone, the most vulnerable members of society, including refugees, were among the first to lose their jobs and income, according to a UN representative in Turkey.  "As refugees were overwhelmingly working informally before the...

Virus cases rise in US heartland, home to anti-mask feelings

It began with devastation in the New York City area, followed by a summertime crisis in the Sun Belt. Now the coronavirus is striking cities with much smaller populations in the heartland, often in conservative corners of America where anti-mask sentiment runs high. The spread has created...

Syria releases employees of under-fire tycoon Makhlouf

 Authorities in war-torn Syria have released dozens of current and former employees of President Bashar al-Assad's embattled billionaire cousin Rami Makhlouf, a war monitor said Friday. The 51-year-old businessman has been embroiled in a power struggle with the state since last year,...