Lana Asfour is a senior journalist at al-Araby al-Jadeed English. She has written for the BBC, New Statesman, the Times, Observer, NYRB, Granta, OpenDemocracy, Al Jazeera English, the Daily Star Beirut, the London Magazine and Glamour, among others.
The UN Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator tells a conference in Amman that more people have been displaced by conflict than at any time since 1945 and warns of the huge challenges facing the region.
Human Rights Watch says that Syrian regime has carried out hundreds of new indiscriminate attacks over the past year with air-delivered munitions, including improvised weapons such as barrel bombs.
Rights group says change of Mediterranean rescue mission to a coastal patrol will cost lives and do nothing to deter people trying to reach Europe, as thousands are rescued by Italy over weekend.
MSF and local medical staff say regime air raids on Douma and the Eastern Ghouta region have been so severe that medical services are unable to operate.
Regime says it will not allow violations of sovereignty, as it attacks rebels in Damascus and while Jordan vows more revenge on IS over murder of Moaz al-Kassasbeh.
Human Rights Watch says Qatar could be a regional leader in establishing a set of rights for foreign and migrant workers, bust first it must implement reforms promised earlier.
