The Islamic State (IS) group has launched more than 100 attacks in north-eastern Syria over the last month alone and is terrorising many towns and villages at night. The violence is concentrated in the largely desert province of Deir al-Zour. Syrian researcher Ali (his real name,...

Syrian authorities believe they have found the body of a top archaeologist who was killed by the Islamic State  (IS) group in 2015 while he tried to protect the ancient city of Palmyra. Militants publicly beheaded Khaled al-Asaad, 82, after he refused to disclose the location of...

Riot police briefly clashed Monday in Beirut with hundreds of protesters demanding the release of anti-government activists detained following clashes in northern Lebanon late last month. The protest outside Lebanon's Military Court in Beirut began peacefully when scores of demonstrators...

Emmanuel Conteh negotiates the muddy, rutted pathways in shorts and torn plastic flip-flops and says he can’t sleep in his heavy canvas tent at night because of the cold. He laments the “hellish” conditions in ethnically divided Cyprus’ cramped Pournara migrant reception camp,...