Syria

War on Iran

How a regional defence pact could deal the final blow to Israel's violent expansionism

Resistance by Iran and its allies has been the only thing stopping Israel's endless quest to seize territory and expel native populations
Economy
Turkey advances historic Hejaz railway project with Saudi Arabia deal
Syria after Assad
How Syria’s captagon trade shifted to Sweida after Assad’s fall
War on Iran
How the Strait of Hormuz crisis is reshaping the old world order
Idriss Hadj Nacer
War on Iran
Is Iran the new regional superpower?
Kayhan Barzegar
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
Syria War
Syrian court seizes Rami Makhlouf's Syriatel amid Assad spat
Media
Iranian press review: Iran changes tactics in Syria to counter Israel
Arms Trade
Russia won't object if Turkey does not activate S-400s
Syria War
Turkey backs Trump stance on Antifa, asks for same on YPG in Syria
Racism
Syrian artist paints mural of George Floyd
Politics
Jeremy Corbyn interview: Full transcript
US Sanctions
Lebanon denies endorsing US sanctions act targeting Syrian government
Syria War
East Syria air strike kills five Iran-backed fighters
Syria War
Pro-Assad forces exhume shrine of Muslim caliph
Syria War
Inter-rebel fighting in Syria's Afrin kills a child
Syria War
Roadside bomb kills Turkish soldier in Syria's Idlib, Defence Ministry says
Eid
Separated by coronavirus, displaced Syrian family celebrates Eid via video call