A record 12.4 million people in war-torn Syria are struggling to find enough food to eat, the UN food agency has said, in an increase it described as "alarming". The figure means "60 percent of the Syrian population are now food insecure", the World Food Programme said, based on results...

Lebanese security forces fired volleys of tear gas at protesters trying to remove barbed wire outside the military court in Beirut. Dozens of Lebanese protesters took to the streets in Beirut on Friday, demanding the release of activists detained following riots in northern Lebanon late...

Lebanon is set to receive 100 army vehicles free of charge from Britain to bolster the country's defence against Daesh. The Land Rovers will be supplied to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Land Border Regiments which patrol the north and north-east border with Syria. "[They will] further...

The Syrian government intends to seize property and assets of Syrian refugees and internally displaced people who fail to pay exorbitant fees - already one of the administration's biggest sources of income - in exchange for military service exemptions. Brigadier General Elias Bitar, head...