Conflict takes heavy toll as fear and crime grind down a dispersed people

After last summer’s war, residents of the suburb of Shejaia returned to a barely recognisable expanse of rubble. Six months on, it hasn’t changed much, and people fear another conflict

Experts warn former French colony faces Black Death epidemic unless it slows spread of rodent-borne disease

Syrian says seven of the 19 weapons sites listed by the government are in combat zones