Series creator Julian Fellowes told The Wall Street Journal there will be a fifth season of Downton Abbey, but maybe not more after that. I don't know yet if there is a season six, but it's not going to go on forever. It won't be Perry Mason, he said. NEWS: Downton Abbey's record numbers. In 2012, executive producer Gareth Neame told The Hollywood Reporter that an end date would likely come after five or six years.
Desperate Migration in the Middle East Conflict in the Middle East is driving millions of people from their homes: Estimates from the UN Refugee Agency suggest that more than 4 million Syrians are refugees, 50,000 more have sought asylum and at least 7 million more are internally displaced. In Iraq, near 2 million are displaced.
Sandstorm chokes Mideast for second day. A massive sandstorm choked the Middle East for a second day Tuesday, grounding air travel and air strikes, and prompting health warnings for millions of residents in Israel, Syria, Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan. Post to Facebook. massive sandstorm has blanketed much of the Middle East. Large parts of Lebanon, Israel and Cyprus were shrouded in a thick cloud of dust that meteorologists said had blown in from Iraq and Syria.