Two bomb blast have left at least 37 people dead and 131 injured in the Lebanese capital of Beirut
Fierce fighting erupted in the Syrian city of Aleppo after a coordinated attack by a coalition of rebel groups launched major offensive against positions held by the Assad regime.
A video has emerged online showing two men from LA crime gangs, who appear to have joined the fighting in the ongoing civil war in Syria alongside forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad.
The human cost of Syria’s 33 months of bloody civil war is estimated to have reached 126,000, with vicious abuses being perpetrated by both sides.
Foreign ministers from the European Union have agreed to put the military wing of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah on the EU’s terror list.