In a camp in northwestern Syria, Abdallah Yassin listens to a doctor explain how to avoid coronavirus infection, desperately hoping it will never reach his tent of 14 people. "If the epidemic spreads in the camps, it will be a disaster," the 57-year-old grandfather says. Three million...

Syria on Wednesday began a nationwide curfew from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. as lockdown measures to counter the spread of coronavirus were extended, residents and state media said. The government had already ordered the closure of shops, markets and public transport, allowing only pharmacies to open...

U.S. crude prices rose slightly on Wednesday, bolstered by progress on a massive pending U.S. economic stimulus package, but government data shows the coronavirus pandemic started to hurt U.S. fuel demand last week. Demand for oil products, especially jet fuel, is falling dramatically as...

 Iran's president warned that his government was poised to introduce tough new measures against the coronavirus Wednesday as the death toll from one of the world's deadliest outbreaks neared 2,000. President Hassan Rouhani said that the new measures, which could be adopted as soon as...