Just before midnight in a sleepy district of Beirut, dozens of Syrian refugees huddle in small groups around bulging suitcases, clutching their pinging cellphones and one-way tickets to Italy. "Torino! Pronto! Cappuccino!" They practise random Italian words in a schoolyard in the...

(Daily Mail)- Iraqi fighters came across the grave as they made further inroads in their battle to reclaim Mosul from ISIS. Pictures show the bodies of adults and children covered with blankets next to a shallow grave in a remote patch of land about 100ft from a road. They emerged as...

(Middle East Eye)- Nizar Dabbachi, 38, lives in an upscale neighbourhood of Tunis, where newly built houses and marble details distinguish it from the average Tunisian district. Yet for Dabbachi, his home has become his prison, and the only thing keeping him connected to life outside his walls...

The UN on Friday accused Turkish security forces of committing serious abuses during operations against Kurdish militants in southeast Turkey after a regional ceasefire collapsed in July 2015. A report from the United Nations' rights office details evidence of "massive destruction, killings...