Syria

Israel's war on Lebanon

Netanyahu says Israel to seize more Lebanese lands and expand 'buffer zone'

Prime minister reiterates Israel's aim to 'change the face of the Middle East'
Nato
Nato to set up new corps in Turkey as Ankara eyes regional deterrence
War on Iran
Iran's way of warfare is being tested to its limits
Omar Ashour
Israel's war on Lebanon
Israel to ‘control’ southern Lebanon as Smotrich urges border shift to Litani River
War on Iran
War on Iran: How Israel is demolishing the myth that once shielded it
Gabriel Polley
Syria after Assad
Syria walks back Damascus alcohol ban after outcry from residents
Syria after Assad
Rebuilding Syria’s northeast: Damascus’ toughest test yet
War on Iran
Who are the Kurds and what does Trump want from them?
Inside Syria
Damascus authorities ban alcohol sales in non-Christian areas
War on Iran
Israeli commentator says Iran war will lead to ‘Sykes-Picot 2026’
War on Iran
Israel planned this war on Iran for 40 years. Everything else is a smoke screen
Jonathan Cook
Syria War
Islamic State claims attack on Syrian gas pipeline
Lebanon economic crisis
EU parliament threatens Lebanon with sanctions for ‘man-made disaster’
Media
The influential Middle East figures who made the 2021 TIME 100 list
Refugees
UN investigators say Syria not safe for refugee return as violence worsens
Afghanistan
US spy chief says Yemen, Syria and Iraq pose greater terror threat than Afghanistan
Arts
Five people from Afghanistan who shaped Middle Eastern history
Syria War
Covid-19: Putin self isolating after meeting with Assad in Moscow
Lebanon economic crisis
Lebanon: Hezbollah chief says first Iranian fuel shipment to arrive this week
Iran Tensions
Israel's Gantz says Iran giving militias drone training near Isfahan
Crime
Syria: France upholds guilty verdict against Bashar al-Assad's uncle for money laundering
Refugees
Lebanese security agency says six detained Syrians won't be deported
Syria War
Government forces enter former rebel-held district of Syria's Daraa