Syria

'Next Iran'?: Turkey accelerates 60,000-tonne aircraft carrier amid Israel tensions

As Israel likens Turkey to Iran and deepens ties with Greece and Cyprus, Ankara bets on naval power to reassert itself

How the war on Iran is rewriting regional trade routes

Ahmed Alqarout

Israeli settlers cross into Syria and Lebanon calling for new settlements

Syria after Assad

Amjad Youssef, key perpetrator of Tadamon massacre, arrested in Syria

Syria after Assad

US military fully withdraws from Syria after 10 years

Ramadan TV: Six things we learned from the 2026 season

'Pipe dream': Turkey's plan to redraw Middle East energy routes after Iran

Israel attacks Iran

Israel could act against Syria after Iran war, Turkish foreign minister says

Trump's 'Apocalypse Now' is a busted flush. Iran has proved it and China knows it

David Hearst

US commandos ordered to remove 'inappropriate' YPG patches

US air strikes pound Raqqa and Fallujah as anti-IS ground offensive kicks off

Lebanon Violence

Unpoetic justice: Brutal revenge for a murdered son is Lebanon's tragedy

Makram Rabah

Damascus chocolatiers bring taste of Syria to Texas

Turkey slams US after commando pictured wearing Kurdish insignia in Syria

IS strikes in Assad heartland expose his and Russia’s weakness in Syria

Scott Lucas

Hezbollah is leaving itself exposed to Israel

Sharif Nashashibi

Syria's internally displaced people are targets wherever they go

US commandos aid Kurdish-led push on Islamic State's Syrian stronghold

UK resettles fewer than 2,000 Syrians in two years of flagship scheme

As refugee numbers soar, aid shortfall suggests the world doesn't care

Rob Williams

Greece, where refugees prefer petrol station forecourts to military-run camps