Syrian air defenses have opened fire and shot down several missiles launched by Israeli warplanes Monday night near the central historic town of Palmyra, state media said. Syrian state TV gave no further details about the attacks saying they are still ongoing. Israel has in the...

Italy Monday reported its first symbolic drop in the number of people currently suffering from the novel coronavirus since it recorded its first infection in February. The civil protection service said 108,237 people were either being treated in hospital or were recovering at home after...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Five civilians were killed by unknown assailants in a desert area west of Deir Ezzor city, activists said Monday. Activists have accused Daesh militants of carrying out such crimes against civilians in the Syrian desert, known as al-Badiya. Early April, seven...

Behind a Saudi-Russian truce to stabilize oil markets with a record output cut, market players are seeing the two production heavyweights still trading blows in the physical market. It is here, rather than in the world of futures prices, that a long-standing battle for market share carries...