South Lebanon at risk of being cut off as Israeli forces strike bridges
Latest evacuation orders prompt panic and confusion with more than one million people now registered as displaced
In a Beirut hotel, families brace for war with no clear end
Intensifying Israeli attacks in Lebanon displace more than 1m people, while aid effort struggles to keep pace with deepening crisis
Animals Lebanon providing sanctuary for pets whose owners forced to flee air attack
‘If we are able to change something, that’s the only way to have meaning for our life. I would like to stand for the voiceless’
Trump says Iran will be hit ‘very hard’ and calls regime leaders ‘deranged scumbags’
Death toll and humanitarian crises mount two weeks into the US-Israeli war on Iran
‘The children are afraid’: Beirut’s southern suburbs reel under relentless air strikes
Many displaced families sought safety along Beirut’s seafront, but even the beaches have become targets
Beirut’s new reality: Sudden air strikes, shattered homes and a surge in the displaced
An attack in Lebanon’s capital captures the growing sense of vulnerability as mounting casualties and mass evacuation strains already fragile services
I left for a week – and came back to war: Life inside Beirut’s expanding evacuation zone
Hundreds of thousands have been ordered to flee as evacuation maps redraw Beirut overnight, leaving residents scrambling for shelter and safety
‘Everything is bombed’: Beirut church shelters families fleeing waves of air strikes
Migrant workers and refugees shut out of official shelters as Israel bombards Lebanese capital
Voices of Iranian women: ‘We celebrated, but we cried. We danced, and we mourned’
Four Iranian women who have been involved in previous protests react to the last week’s events as war in the Middle East broadens
‘The plane flew and started spraying’: Israel accused of poisoning Syrian farmland with chemicals
Villagers report dying fields, damaged livestock and fears for their livelihoods
Fire in Every Direction: Tareq Baconi on identity and generational exile
Through family stories and personal recollections, Baconi explores the complexities of Palestinian identity and belonging in exile
Syrian government takes over Raqqa: first on the agenda is rubbish collection
Authorities must clear 165 illegal dumps in city and fix creaking sewerage network
‘We’re not monsters’: Families accused of ties to Islamic State confront fresh limbo
As Syrian authorities relocate detainees from a notorious open-air prison, many fearful and unsure whether they are any closer to going home
LOOPING: Families moved to Aq Burhan camp in Syria
Roughly 300 people accused of affiliation with ISIS were moved by Syrian authorities from the notorious Al Hol detention camp to another camp, Aq Burhan.
Syria turns page on Assad era with international book fair as censorship eases
Most books which were banned under Assad are allowed again, but others are now prohibited