Thirteen-year-old Abdul Wahad lives in an underground garage in Beirut amid the stench of garbage. Garbage is his business. "When I grow up," he says, "I want to go to school." Abdul Wahad is one of the 1 million Syrian refugees now registered with UNHCR in Lebanon. The number is...

The Syrian government said on Tuesday that it has no intention of delaying presidential elections despite the raging civil war in the country. Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zohbi said the elections would not be delayed and that military operations would continue regardless...

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Syria ns battered by years of war are facing a major drought that could cut wheat production in the country's northwest breadbasket to a record low of 1.7 million to 2 million metric tonnes, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday. Millions more people could face...