Syria

VideoThe BBC's Middle East correspondent Quentin Sommerville follows the spread of Islamic State group, from Syria to the Philippines.

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Beirut - Egypt Today Lebanon’s once soaring property market is on the brink of collapse amid plunging prices and a construction standstill. A boom that began in 2008 fueled by sales to Gulf state citizens and Lebanese expatriates was halted by war in Syria in 2011 and the oil-price slump…

Damascus - Egypt Today Syrian state media said Sunday that air defenses had opened fire near Damascus airport, before withdrawing the report after what appeared to be a false alarm. “Our air defenses engaged hostile aerial targets in the vicinity of Damascus International Airport,” the official SANA news agency said,…