(AFP)- Lebanon has all but closed its borders to refugees fleeing Syria's civil war, overwhelmed by an influx of over one million people displaced by fighting, UN and Lebanese officials said Saturday. Quoted by Lebanon's Al-Akhbar newspaper, Social Affairs Minister Rashid Derbas...

Reporting by Mohamed AL Hussein; Translation by Yusra Ahmed AL HASAKAH (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 830 Syrian displaced families in al-Hasakah province north Syria are expected to face harsh Winter as floods uprooted their...

Reporting by Eyad Al Jaafari: Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Eqtsad)- It is not unfamiliar to find out that the cashier or the violinist in a restaurant is a Syrian doctor, or an engineer or even a teacher, used to have respectful life in Syria. Unfortunately, as...

The Palestinian faction Hamas on Saturday downplayed a previous invitation by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas for Palestinians to stay at Al-Aqsa Mosque to defend it against Israeli violations. Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zurhi described the Palestinian Authority...