A deadly cholera outbreak is spreading “rapidly” across Lebanon, exacerbated by a prolonged economic crisis and crumbling infrastructure, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Monday. Lebanon’s first cholera outbreak in decades began earlier this month after the virulent disease...

 A British beauty queen originally from Syria believes she was banned from entering the US because of the country of her birth. Leen Clive, a trainee doctor, was due to represent the UK at the final of the Mrs World competition in Las Vegas on Jan. 15. Clive, 29, who was born in...

  The Guardian's report about the perpetrator of Syria’s Tadamon massacre is full of inaccuracies, expecting that he is still detained by the regime's military intelligence, a Syrian researcher familiar with the case told Zaman al-Wasl.   Hossam Jazmati assured that the...

The UK will provide £2 million to UNICEF in response to the cholera outbreak in Syria, which continues to spread across the country and risks overwhelming fragile health systems. As the international community scales up its response to the outbreak, which has now spread to Lebanon, this...