EU crisis management chief Hadja Lahbib announced a 235 million euro aid package for Syria and neighboring countries on Friday during the first visit by a senior EU official since Bashar al-Assad’s ouster. The trip comes two weeks after foreign ministers from France and Germany visited,...

Last year, I had an appointment with a cardiologist from the Alawite sect, which I got after waiting for three months, which is a great time for those who know that appointments for specialist doctors in France take at least six months and maybe more. What made the appointment even more...

Israeli airstrikes killed at least 77 people in Gaza overnight on Thursday, residents and authorities in the enclave said, hours after a ceasefire and hostage release deal was announced to bring an end to 15 months of war between Israel and Hamas. The complex ceasefire accord emerged on...

Two people were killed in an attack carried out by an unidentified drone near the northwestern city of Sarmada, the Syrian Civil Defense said on Wednesday. The attack of Idlib province was the first in weeks following the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime amid growing fears of a backlash by...