Two civilians were killed and six others wounded when a ballistic missile strike targeted a region in northwestern Syria, according to reports from the ground. Six ballistic missiles were fired on Tarhin in Aleppo’s al-Bab region by persons unknown. The wounded were taken to nearby...

Five current and former EU members of the UN Security Council said Tuesday they regret that no progress has been made to draft constitutional reform in Syria despite several meetings.  In a joint statement after a Security Council briefing, Estonia, France, Ireland and former members...

Five years ago, Tareq Alaows crossed the Mediterranean in a flimsy rubber dinghy and trekked north through the Balkans toward Germany, fleeing the civil war in his homeland of Syria to seek a safe haven. Since then, the 31-year-old has learned fluent German, found a steady job — and...

Evidence is mounting that having COVID-19 may not protect against getting infected again with some of the new variants. People also can get second infections with earlier versions of the coronavirus if they mounted a weak defense the first time, new research suggests. How long immunity lasts...