Syria

Israel's genocide in Gaza

How Israel planned Gaza genocide decades ago

In October 2023, Israel found an excuse to breathe new life into an old story of slaughter and expulsion. The chief differences this time have been of scale and duration
UK Politics
Tony Blair's latest intervention reveals a man who learned nothing from Iraq
Barry Malone
War on Iran
How a regional defence pact could deal the final blow to Israel's violent expansionism
David Hearst
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
Syria War
Air strikes intensify as Syrian government forces advance on key town in Idlib
Islamic State
Syrian Kurds to put suspected Islamic State foreign fighters on trial
Film
Oscars 2020: These are the Arab and Muslim names to look out for
Syria War
In pictures: Idlib's empty Ariha
Syria War
Syrian government forces besiege Idlib's strategic Saraqeb
Syria War
Israel launches air strikes in Syria, casualties reported
Syria War
In a threadbare Idlib displacement camp, women’s dreams are shattered
Syria War
Turkey gives Assad deadline to pull back or face military action
Analysis
Russia-Turkey tensions play out in media following deadly Syria clashes
Syria War
Turkey will not allow Assad forces to advance in Idlib, says Erdogan
Film
Oscars 2020: How 'The Cave' reveals life in hell-hole hospital
Media
Arabic press review: Saudi Arabia plans new militia in Syria