U.S. appeals court rejects Trump's bid to bar most refugees
Ruling is latest legal blow to President's sweeping executive order barring travelers from Iran, Syria, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen for 90 days
Claims that climate change fueled Syria's civil war questioned in new study
"It is extraordinary that this claim has been so widely accepted when the scientific evidence is so thin"
Aid convoy reaches Syria's Deir al-Zor after three-year siege
UN has estimated that 93,000 civilians were living under IS siege in Deir al-Zor in "extremely difficult" conditions, supplied by air drops
INSIGHT-Indonesian school a launchpad for child fighters in Syria's Islamic State
Most Islamic boarding schools educate students in Islam and other subjects, but a handful are linked to extremism and act as centres for recruitment
U.N. seeks to protect young children from work on farms in Lebanon
Children as young as five, largely Syrian refugees and poor Lebanese, are missing out on school and harming their health by working on farms
EU refugee court ruling triggers new east-west feuding
Western states threaten their eastern neighbours with cutting their EU subsidies if they do not show solidarity by taking people in
Syrian opposition must accept it has not won the war, UN says
"Will the opposition be able to be unified and realistic enough to realise they did not win the war?"
Syrian govt forces used chemical weapons more than 2 dozen times -UN
Total of 33 uses of chemical weapons documented in Syria
Syrian army, allies thrust east to break siege in Deir al-Zor city
Besieged enclave has 93,000 civilians
Next round of Syria talks in Astana set for Sept. 14-15
Moscow, Ankara and Tehran plan to map out de-escalation zones in Idlib, Homs and Eastern Ghouta, and discuss other matters such as prisoner exchange