White tents with "The U.N. Refugee Agency" written on them flap in the wind outside the Lebanese mountain town of Arsal. Children run past latrines and water points. In all respects, it is a refugee camp, but you must not call it that, say officials. The site is home to about 350...

Key Islamic rebel groups in Syria have appealed to the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and The Levant to solve a dispute over gasfield in Deir Zour province. Ahrar al-Sham, Islam Army, Jabhat al-Nusrah and the Shariah Authority in a statement issued today asked Abu...

Syrian activists posted online  footage  of anew chemical weapons attack Thursday, September 28 by Bashar al-Assad army on the suburb of Jobar near Damascus. ''At 4:00 a.m. this morning 8 cases of suffocation with some form of toxic gas were registered in the...

Irish troops serving on the  United Nations  (UN) mission in  Syria  have come under fire from anti government armed forces, with a number of their vehicles damaged in a morning ambush but no serious injuries reported. It is the first time Irish troops have been...