Syria

Syria after Assad

Rebuilding Syria’s northeast: Damascus’ toughest test yet

After 15 years of Kurdish self-rule, control shifts to government, with security, integration, economic challenges ahead
War on Iran
Who are the Kurds and what does Trump want from them?
Inside Syria
Damascus authorities ban alcohol sales in non-Christian areas
War on Iran
Israeli commentator says Iran war will lead to ‘Sykes-Picot 2026’
War on Iran
Israel planned this war on Iran for 40 years. Everything else is a smoke screen
Jonathan Cook
War on Iran
How Iran war may accelerate the fall of US empire
Soumaya Ghannoushi
War on Iran
Israel's war of regional supremacy will not end with Iran
David Hearst
War on Iran
Israeli society is intoxicated by war and the dream of expansion. It cannot last
Abed Abou Shhadeh
War on Iran
Obituary: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader and dominant political figure
Iran Tensions
US-Iran tensions: How Trump was dragged into war
David Hearst
Occupation
Mike Huckabee lifts the veil on US backing for Israeli expansionism
Soumaya Ghannoushi
Islamic State
Islamic State back in Kobane as suicide blasts and clashes rock town
Diplomacy
Sisi’s invite to the UK: A terrible message to the world
Peter Oborne
Diplomacy
Obama admits government let down hostage families
Islamic State
IS threatens to kill Japan hostages, Tokyo vows not to give in
Syria War
Syrian Kurds make further advances helping to link cantons
Islamic State
Taliban faces ire of IS - the new kid on the militant block
Bill Law
Islamic State
VIDEO: Rise of the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq
Islamic State
Kurdish fighters chase IS from key base near Raqqa
Islamic State
IS ties two youths to pole for eating during Ramadan: Monitor
Syria War
Wounded Syrian dies as Druze attack Israeli ambulance: Police
Syria War
Syrian army advances west of IS-controlled Palmyra
Syria War
Afghan fighters an increasingly significant player on Syrian battlefield