More than 36,000 newborn Syrian babies in Lebanon are stateless, with no identification documents, the UN refugee agency has told Al Jazeera. The registration data of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees indicates that, as of the end of March 2015, nearly 51,000...

(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Abo Nidal, former officer in Syrian Air forces, said Syrian regime has used all sort of military airplanes it owns, except Meg 29, because this kind of planes is only used for air battles.  The defected colonel said all the airplanes seized or destroyed...

 (Al  Jazeera) -  A number of long metal arms swing over the city skyline in Beirut. In one open-air construction yard after another, Syrian labourers build sleek 25- and 30-floor towers, working without safety regulations, health insurance or union protection. According...

The American military has started training "moderate" Syrian rebels in Jordan to prepare to fight the Islamic State group, US and Jordanian officials said Thursday, after months of delays. The training in basic military skills will eventually extend to sites in Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar,...