The United Nations pushed governments at a virtual conference on Tuesday for nearly $10 billion in aid for Syria, where nine years of war has displaced millions in a humanitarian crisis exacerbated by soaring food prices and the coronavirus crisis. The now annual fund-raising round for...

A video of three men in Lebanon sexually assaulting a Syrian child who is estimated to be under the age of 13 has gone viral on social media, infuriating the local population. The video showed the three young men kidnapping the child, beating him, and forcing him to engage in sexual...

At least one soldier was killed and three more wounded in attack by unknown assailants in the western Qalamoun region near Damascus, residents told Zaman al-Wasl Tuesday. The armed group opened fire on the army's checkpoint in the town of Talfita early morning, leaving four killed...

Iran's coronavirus epidemic is still in its first wave, the health ministry said Tuesday, a day after reporting the highest single-day death toll since the country's outbreak began in February. "The coronavirus is currently peaking in border provinces or cities which did not experience a...