Gareth Browne

Rocket fire from Lebanon into Israel last week was attributed to a small militant group in Rashidiyeh refugee camp

Protests continued a day after a Hezbollah-affiliated protester was shot dead at the border

Thousands of Palestinians in Lebanon are glued to 24-hour news coverage from the homeland they have never seen

Efforts to take 30,000 Iraqis out of Al Hol are controversial with locals

Produce prices fall by half in some cases

UN Agency labels arrival of biblical pests as 'rare'

Quantities of drugs intercepted were enough to drown the Arab world in drugs, the kingdom’s ambassador said

Shipment of pomegranates stuffed with amphetamine pills prompted Saudi ban on imports from Lebanon

Ghada Aoun has been told by the state’s top prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat to drop her investigations into financial crimes

Kilo was living in exile in Paris after two spells in Syrian jails

Khaled Al Asaad was murdered after refusing to give up location of priceless Palmyra artefacts

Kurdish Regional Government PM says months-long operation foiled terrorist cell plotting to attack capital

New study says iftar for a family could cost two and a half times the average salary

Experts warn about corrupt tribal resettlement scheme, saying failure to integrate former inmates could aid extremist group’s return

The National's Gareth Browne, just back from Raqqa, looks at what has become of the city since the 2011 Syrian uprising