This is the story of how the   Syrian war   reached out 5,000 miles across the globe and destroyed at least 29 Lebanese lives in the Indian Ocean. It is a story of tragic irony; the destitute Lebanese families who wanted to live in Australia...

  I've spent much of the last week in Antakya, an ancient city, known to Byzantine Christians as Antioch, which now serves as a bivouac for Syrian rebel fighters and a jumping-off point for journalists and humanitarian actors working in Syria, which lies 20...

Fighter jets were preparing for scheduled take off when President Hollande took 'stunning' call from US telling him to hold fire French President Francois Hollande called off military strikes against Syria on 31 August following a phone call from the US President only hours...

  Syria's main opposition group has lost its bargaining power ahead of any potential peace conference, after rebels withdrew their support and a UN resolution failed to meet its expectations, Reuters said.   With talks aimed at bringing about an end to...