(Zaman Al Wasl)- A new Turkish observation point was set in the Jabal al-Zawiyah region on Sunday, topping the number to 57 as reinforcements keep pouring to the last opposition stronghold in northern Idlib province. According to Zaman al-Wasl correspondent, the military point was...

British education minister Gavin Williamson said on Sunday that no decision had been taken on when to reopen schools, as the coronavirus lockdown enters a fourth week. “I can reassure schools and parents that they will only reopen when the scientific advice indicates it is the right time to...

Iran has extended furloughs for prisoners for another month, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday, as the Islamic Republic endeavors to stem the spread of the new coronavirus in its crowded jails. Iran’s reported temporary release of 100,000 prisoners since February - including...

 A virtual concert packed with A-lister performers -- from The Rolling Stones to Taylor Swift to Billie Eilish -- entertained fans around the world with a show celebrating health workers, as billions shelter at home due to coronavirus. Lizzo, Jennifer Lopez, Stevie Wonder, Paul...

Saudi Arabia's highest religious body, the Council of Senior Scholars, urged Muslims worldwide to pray at home during Ramadan if their countries require social distancing to combat coronavirus, state news agency SPA reported on Sunday. "Muslims shall avoid gatherings, because they are the...

The lanes of Lavardac, a tiny village in the southwest of France, are largely silent during the nationwide lockdown, but a rhythmic whir can be heard from the upstairs window of one unassuming house. It is the sound of sewing machines being used to make fabric coronavirus masks for the...

The director of a maximum-security laboratory in China's coronavirus ground-zero city of Wuhan has rejected claims that it could be the source of the outbreak, calling it "impossible". Beijing has come under increasing pressure over transparency in its handling of the pandemic, with the US...

American families slammed by the coronavirus pandemic are turning more and more to food banks to get by, waiting hours for donations in lines of cars stretching as far as the eye can see. And with 22 million people out of work seemingly overnight as business after business closes under the...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- Two US-backed fighters and a displaced child were killed by an improvised explosive device in eastern Deir Ezzor province, local activists said Saturday. The IED targeted a military vehicle for the Syrian Democratic Froces (SDF) in the town of Sweidan east of Deir...

Libya's internationally-recognised government has said its forces have killed eight fighters loyal to eastern-based renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar.  The announcement by military spokesman Mohamed Gnunu on Saturday came as forces aligned with the United...

France on Saturday reported 642 more deaths from COVID-19 in hospitals and nursing homes over the last 24 hours, but registered new falls in the total numbers of coronavirus patients in hospitals and intensive care. The new deaths -- 364 in hospitals and 278 in nursing homes -- brought the...

Turkey's confirmed coronavirus cases have risen to 82,329, Health MinisterFahrettin Koca said on Saturday, overtaking neighbouring Iran for the first time to register the highest total in the Middle East.  An increase of 3,783 cases in the last 24 hours also pushed Turkey's confirmed...

A five-star hotel in Beirut that once hosted royalty and survived the civil war has been forced to close over Lebanon's economic crisis and coronavirus lockdown, its manager said Saturday. Lebanon is grappling with its worst financial crunch since the 1975-1990 civil war, now compounded...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Two Syrian army Colonels were shot dead by an armed group in southern Daraa province, such an attack enrolls in a series of guerrilla war adopted by opposition fighters, local activists said Saturday. The two Colonels had been ambushed in Al-Herak town in the eastern...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian sactivists have surfaced a photo for a newly-released Syrian prisoner, showing a shocking physical condition he had passed through in six years in the regime security chambers. When Abdul Hamid al-Haj Ali arrived his hometown in southern Daraa province, most of...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Militant Tahrir Al Sham group on Saturday has suspended its decision to open a crossing point with regime-held areas in northern Idlib province such a move came in response to the residents outrage. According to Zaman al-Wasl correspondent, Tahrir Al Sham has deployed...

As a member of the 2020 "class of coronavirus," Kenia Molina needed to find a laptop in order to graduate high school -- a technology gap that has caused thousands of poorer students to miss out on weeks of education. With many US schools and universities shut for the academic year, the...

West Ham chief executive Karren Brady claims the Premier League's return date is still unclear despite hopes the top-flight season can restart in June. The Premier League said on Friday that wrapping up the remaining 92 fixtures remains their goal, but the on-going coronavirus crisis...

Iran on Saturday announced 73 new deaths from the coronavirus, raising the official toll to 5,031 as the government allowed small businesses to reopen in Tehran as they already have in the provinces. It was the seventh day that the number of deaths in the previous 24 hours had fallen....

"Mr President we are in the middle of a food crisis. It's war out here," warned Joanie Fredericks, a community leader in Mitchells Plain township in Cape Town. The desperate plea was made in a video posted on social media to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa who imposed a...