Syria

Volunteers dressed in coronavirus-themed costumes stand on a vehicle during a campaign organised by the Violet Organization, in an effort to spread awareness and encourage safety amid coronavirus disease (COVID-19) fears, in the rebel-held Idlib city, Syria April 29, 2020. Picture taken April 29, 2020. REUTERS/Khalil AshawiIDLIB, Syria (Reuters) -…

FILE PHOTO: U.S. special envoy for Syria and the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Jim Jeffrey speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, U.S., November 14, 2019. REUTERS/Yara NardiWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Syria special envoy Jim Jeffrey said on Thursday he hoped Turkey would maintain pressure…

The US has presented its G7 partners with a list of reforms Washington would like carried out at the World Health Organization in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The proposals, which were shared on Friday by the health and human services (HHS) departme… Read More

Lebanon's Hezbollah deputy leader Sheikh Naim Kassem speaks during an interview with Reuters in Beirut's suburbs, Lebanon November 22, 2019.   | Photo Credit: Reuters “Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has banned the Shia terrorist organisation Hezbollah in Germany,” tweeted a ministry spokesman. Germany has banned Iran-backed Hezbollah activity on its…

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Aid groups working with the United Nations want the Security Council to urgently allow an Iraq border crossing into Syria to be used again for deliveries to help combat the coronavirus pandemic, according to a draft World Health Organization memo seen by the 15-member U.N. Security…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe BBC's Secunder Kermani and Anne Soy compare how prepared Asian and African countries areOne billion people could become infected with the coronavirus worldwide unless vulnerable countries are given urgent help, an aid group has warned.The International Rescue Committee (IRC) said financial…

(WASHINGTON) — With limited supplies of coronavirus tests available, the Pentagon is focusing first on testing those performing duties deemed most vital to national security. Atop the list are the men and women who operate the nation’s nuclear forces, some counterterrorism forces, and the crew of a soon-to-deploy aircraft carrier.…

LONDON (Reuters) - On a coronavirus ward in an east London hospital, award-winning film-maker Hassan Akkad, a refugee from Syria, is working as a cleaner, joining the fight against the pandemic in his adopted home. “I’m so glad to be helping,” Akkad said in an interview on Zoom. The 32-year…

President Trump's leadership has always been inconsistent and erratic. He takes a position one day, only to reverse himself the next. This has been frustrating since the beginning of his tenure, but now, it is positively dangerous to Americans trying to survive during a global pandemic — and it is…

IDLIB, Syria (Reuters) - A team of volunteers in Syria have cobbled together prototypes of a ventilator and a testing machine - homemade equipment to fight the new coronavirus if it hits the last rebel stronghold, where hospitals lie in ruins after nine years of war. FILE PHOTO: A volunteer…