An Oscar-nominated Syrian filmmaker is testifying in a German trial against a Syrian intelligence officer who he alleges sexually assaulted him during prolonged torture in a Damascus detention centre in 2011. Feras Fayyad will join over 20 Syrian torture victims who will be testifying in...

A 22-Syrian university student died from COVID-19 on Thursday in Gaziantep province southeastern Turkey, family and activists said. Osama Hasso was a student in the economy school and the son of the Syrian journalist Alaa el-Din Hasso.   Turkey on Thursday confirmed 1,186...

U.S. prosecutors late on Wednesday filed a lawsuit to seize the gasoline aboard four tankers that Iran is shipping to Venezuela, the latest attempt by the Trump administration to increase economic pressure on the two U.S. foes. The government of Venezuela’s socialist President Nicolas...

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez encouraged residents to leave their homes, as the Health Ministry reported 444 more COVID-19 infections on Thursday. The number of new cases has been rising every day since Tuesday, hitting 2,016 over the last seven days, the highest since June 11. A...