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

Air strikes on northwest Syria kill dozens, activists say

Citizen journalist among 11 civilians killed by air raids in northwest Syria

A year in exile, Daraa's displaced watch hometowns descend into disorder

Syria war: Why did Assad restructure the military-security apparatus?

Paul Khalifeh

Art and photography

Four Yemeni artists you need to know about

Iran tanker crisis: Syria sanctions are hurting the people, not Assad

Jonathan Steele

Iraq returns children of IS foreign fighters to Russia

The Bishop of Truro has not told the full truth about Christians in the Middle East

Peter Oborne

The best YA books: 10 Middle East authors worth reading

Germany must repatriate wife and children of suspected IS fighter, court rules

Battle for Idlib: Scores of fighters reported killed in fight for hilltop village

Syrian and Russian warplanes target health facilities across rebel-held Idlib