The impact of the coronavirus and falling oil prices may have damaged Lebanon’s chances of securing aid from foreign states, the economy minister said on Tuesday, adding that IMF aid should be considered as an option alongside others. Lebanon is suffering its worst financial crisis since...

The Israeli government began deploying cellphone-monitoring technology against the coronavirus on Tuesday, and issued directives urging people not to leave home. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet approved emergency regulations that will enable the Shin Bet internal security...

(HRW) –  Syrian  government forces appear to have retaliated against civilians who chose to remain behind in areas retaken in Idlib, Human Rights Watch said today. Images provided to Human Rights Watch show that government forces may have shot at civilians and despoiled their bodies...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- While the Syrian regime continues denying the spread of Coronavirus pandemic in the Syrian coastal region, the shortage of protective equipment and the rise of prices say otherwise. Sources said that the doctor Imad Ismail, who worked in the Qardaha hospital, was killed...