Kurdish officials in northeast Syria are expressing concerns over a sharp increase in coronavirus cases in their region, calling on international health organizations to intervene to prevent a “humanitarian catastrophe.”   A 10-day curfew went into effect Tuesday in an attempt to...

Turkey's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday reiterated its call on the international community to hold those accountable for violating international law, citing a report by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on the use of chemical weapons in Syria. The OPCW’s...

The COVID-19 restrictions have severely impacted health services for pregnant women and new moms in Africa as many of them lost their lives amid curfew restrictions, a humanitarian NGO has voiced. “In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, curfews imposed in certain African...

The Pfizer vaccine is highly effective in preventing COVID-19 infections, deaths, and hospitalizations, according to a new study in Spain.  The investigation followed more than 116,000 nursing home residents, staff, and healthcare workers who were vaccinated in Catalonia starting...