Lebanese officials are cracking down on Syrian refugees against the backdrop of a worsening economic crisis and political stalemate, an escalation that has caused a panic among Syrians in the country. In recent weeks, the army has raided refugee camps and set up checkpoints to review the...

CAIRO (AP) — Sudan's warring generals have agreed to send representatives for negotiations, potentially in Saudi Arabia, the top U.N. official in the country said on Monday, even as the two sides clashed in the capital of Khartoum despite another three-day extension of a fragile cease-fire....

IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — The United Nations expressed concern Wednesday over the Iraqi authorities' swift closure this week of a displacement camp that had housed more than 300 families with alleged ties to the militant Islamic State group. The U.N. office in Baghdad said in a statement that the...

On April 4, 2017, more than 100 Syrian civilians were killed in a chemical attack by Syrian regime forces on the town of Khan Sheikhoun in the northwestern Idlib province. Emboldened by Russian support, the regime of Bashar al-Assad did not stop at this point, but continued its air and...