In a bustling district of the Lebanese capital, a government inspector issues a fine to the manager of a popular restaurant for hiring 17 Syrian refugees without work permits. In a country brimming with foreign workers, the labour ministry is clamping down on businesses employing foreigners...

Sudanese protester Walid Abdelrahim was shot dead last month in Khartoum but for his mother he is still alive -- thanks to a colourful mural of his smiling face on a wall of their home. "The painting keeps him alive," said Maiyssa Omar, her voice choking as she talked of her son, who was...

Rockets fired by jihadists Sunday killed six civilians and wounded eight others in the regime-held northern city of Aleppo, state news agency SANA reported. It said two neighbourhoods were struck in the "terrorist rocket attack" and that one rocket hit the municipal building in the city,...

Last summer Rida, a 29-year-old father of three from Syria, decided it was time to cross the border from Lebanon and head back home. His native city of Homs had been devastated during Syria’s civil war, but seven years after he fled it was back under the control of forces loyal to President...