Syria

War on Iran

Is Iran the new regional superpower?

The US-Israeli war has upended the power balance in the Middle East, as Tehran finds itself with significant global leverage
Syria after Assad
Syria's government begins to return Alawi lands, while maintaining its hold over others
Syria after Assad
Syria says missing chess champion’s six children likely killed under Assad
Syria after Assad
Euphrates flooding displaces thousands in Syria's Deir Ezzor
Israel's war on Lebanon
Israel's colonisation of south Lebanon is already under way
Paul Khalifeh
Sahel
In Mali, every foreign intervention failed - and jihadists adapted
Omar Ashour
War on Iran
Iran has won the war. Trump and Netanyahu now face a reckoning
David Hearst
Human Rights
How can you look at the horrors in Palestine and feel nothing?
Anas Altikriti
Heritage
The Renewal of Islam: An Oxford academic's antidote to bigoted narratives
Israel's war on Lebanon
Lebanon’s talks with Israel test fragile relationship with Syria
Inside Israel
Israeli minister says Turkey should be treated as 'enemy state'
US Attacks
US bombs Islamic State targets in Syria after attack on personnel
US Politics
Trump draws condemnation for expanding travel ban, barring Palestinians
Politics
Trump's national security plan declares end to Middle East wars. But is it for real?
Marco Carnelos
Syria after Assad
How Israel's overreach in Syria could be its downfall
David Hearst
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Will anyone stop Israel and the UAE sowing chaos across the region in 2026?
Mohamad Elmasry
Occupation
Israeli troops light Hanukkah candles in occupied Syria, West Bank and Gaza
Inside Syria
Three US personnel killed in Islamic State attack on convoy in central Syria
Syria after Assad
UK faces mounting pressure to repatriate British nationals held in Syria
Syria after Assad
Israeli minister says war ‘inevitable’ after Syrian troops chant for Gaza
Syria after Assad
Syria’s recovery under al-Sharaa is vital for Turkey, and Israel poses the biggest danger
Ali Bakir
Syria after Assad
The fall of Assad was like 'the Middle East's Berlin Wall'
Syria after Assad
How Turkey helped engineer Ahmed al-Sharaa's rise to power