Syria

Turkey says new Israeli government will test whether hostility outlasts Netanyahu

Turkish intelligence chief says Ankara does not seek a conflict with Israel but new government should seek to defuse tensions

Can Baghdad finally resolve the crisis in Sinjar?

Israeli Elections

Eisenkot or Netanyahu: No matter who forms government, democracy is dead

David Hearst

Syria after Assad

US envoy accuses Druze sheikh of using its backing to persecute other members of the community

The resilience of the world economy is built on illusion - it's time the West woke up

Marco Carnelos

Houthi forces warn against use of Saudi airports following Riyadh attack

Attacks by 'Iran’s proxies' pushing region into spiral of violence, says EU on Riyadh airport strike

US and Lebanon hosting Syrian general wanted for war crimes: Report

Syria after Assad

Supporters of Druze faction raise Israeli flags in Sweida on 7 October anniversary

Bodies of 18 Kurdish fighters recovered after clashes with IS forces

Sweden: Syrian parents plead to be reunited with children taken by authorities

US military unable to adequately address civilian casualties, report finds

US will 'never' normalise ties with Syria's Assad, says White House adviser

Kurdish-led operations under way at Syrian prison after Islamic State defeat

Jordan's army kills 27 drug smugglers on Syria border

UK court says woman stranded in Syria 'unlawfully stripped of citizenship'

SDF says it has retaken Hasakah prison from Islamic State fighters

Syria: Kurdish-led forces storm Hasakah prison as fight with Islamic State continues

'Diary of a siege': The secret of Palestinian resilience revealed in film

Hamid Dabashi

Syria: Hundreds of children trapped in Hasakah jail during deadly clashes

'I can't describe the horror': Syrians trapped in Hasakah as Islamic State attacks prison