Syria

Environment

In Syria's Daraa, water is life - and today the land is parched

Amid scarce rainfall, war-scarred infrastructure and the proliferation of unregulated wells, the region is in the grips of a severe water crisis
Inside Turkey
Israel names new envoy to Turkey amid tensions over Gaza and Syria
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Banning trade with illegal Israeli settlements is a start, but Labour must not stop there
Nadia Whittome
Syria after Assad
Palestinian Islamic Jihad co-founder threatened with 'unlawful' deportation from Syria
Syria after Assad
Israel admits it assassinated senior Assad official in Syria in 2008
Inside Syria
Israel warned Turkey against moving south in Syria. It did so anyway
UK Politics
Britain's 'small boats' obsession misses the point on migration
Barry Malone
Syria after Assad
Syria: The Druze must refuse being “melted” into Zionism
Wesam Sharaf
Analysis
Why Turkey is showing restraint over Israeli strikes on Syria
Syria after Assad
New agreement sees dissolution of Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces
Syria after Assad
How Turkey should respond to Israel's escalation in Syria
Ali Bakir
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
Lebanon economic crisis
Egypt, Jordan and Syria agree energy plan for crisis-hit Lebanon
Syria War
Syria: 21-year-old graduate posts prayer just before being killed by shelling in Idlib