to venture into the hepths of headquarters to retrieve the so-called "Quartz gun" - something which he only succeeds in doing in a massive outpouring of Quartz.

With the Triton just escaping the collapse of what is left of headquarters, and the re-emergence of Team Harlequin and some of its staff into the fray, once again allegiances become decidedly fluid in the second half of this episode, with Harlequin seemingly putting its eggs into the Allied basket (on the surface, at least) and Elena seemingly looking to defect to the Allies herself. The biggest twist in the tale comes from Blanc himself however - he may be dead, but his final preparations prior to his demise couldn't have been more thorough, offering Generation Bleu a pivotal deal... a dealWinter ordeal for Syrian refugees in makeshift camps Published duration 8 January 2015 Related Topics Syrian civil war

media caption Many of the refugees lack adequate clothing for the freezing weather, as Paul Wood reports

A snow storm in the Middle East is adding to the misery of the three million refugees who have fled the conflict Syria. The BBC's Paul Wood visited one makeshift camp in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley.

The snow was falling thick and fast. The mountains on the border with Syria were wreathed in freezing mist and barely visible.

Refugees were desperately sweeping snow off their tent roofs to stop them from collapsing.

"There is no wood, no bread: it's hopeless," said Omar al-Mohammed.

He complained bitterly that the refugees had seen their food rations cut - but the UN is