Syrian rebels have captured the strategic and symbolically significant city of Hama. This is why it matters.

Syrian rebels have captured the strategic and symbolically significant city of Hama. This is why it matters.
Displaced people are taking up arms to defend themselves against the paramilitary and the atrocities it is known for.
Rawhi Fattouh has been named to take over as interim president if Abbas steps down due to ill health.
Lebanon’s displaced families are relieved the war with Israel is over and are now picking up the pieces of their lives.
The people of Bar Elias say it is their moral duty to host newcomers uprooted by Israel’s invasion.
A ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel has begun, but what are the details and will it hold?
What options are left for the refugees increasingly terrified of Israel’s war on Lebanon?
Israel says it is open to a ceasefire with Hezbollah, but analysts say no truce is on the horizon.
‘Ethnic cleansing’ is increasingly being used to describe Israel’s war in Gaza, but is the term appropriate?
As the weather gets colder, hundreds of families have nowhere to go, no help coming, and no hope of peace.