COVID-19: hospitals run out of funds and supplies in north Syria
One year after the first recorded case of coronavirus in the region, a second wave of COVID-19 is spreading quickly across Northeastern Syria. As…
Kurdish Officials Demand Help With Looming COVID ‘Catastrophe’ in NE Syria
Kurdish officials in northeast Syria are expressing concerns over a sharp increase in coronavirus cases in their region, calling on…
Kurds impose 10-day curfew in NE Syria amid coronavirus wave
A 10-day curfew in areas controlled by U.S.-backed fighters in northeast Syria went into effect Tuesday in an attempt to…
Iraq blames public for new virus record, urges vaccinations
Iraq’s Health Ministry has warned of “dire consequences” ahead because citizens are not heeding coronavirus prevention measures, after the country…
UK infections drop about 60% amid vaccinations, lockdown
LONDON (AP) — The U.K.’s COVID-19 vaccination program is beginning to break the link between infection and serious illness or…
Syria regime to close schools and universities over virus surge
Primary schools around Syria will close down indefinitely next week amid a severe increase of coronavirus cases in the war-torn…
As daily deaths near 4,000, worst may lie ahead for Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil currently accounts for one-quarter of the entire world’s daily COVID-19 deaths, far more than…
Hospitals in Syria’s capital full with coronavirus patients
Intensive care units in public hospitals in the Syrian capital Damascus have reached full capacity due to a sharp rise…